IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,762 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

71% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,762 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Nov 5, 2013
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Pros

The people that I worked with at IBM are truly some of the hardest working individuals that I know. At the team level, everyone is committed to producing a quality product while dealing with aggressive release cycles.

Cons

There doesn't seem to be as much camaraderie at the executive level that you will find at the team level. Competing business units' goals seem to get in the way of progress and tend to have a negative impact on overall morale.

4.0
Oct 30, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good working atmosphere, colleagues are polite and boss is nice. You can request work from home if you have any family issues or uncomfortable. Plenty of vacations here and your boss encourages you to take those vacations if your project is not quite busy.

Cons

My salary is below the market, and not excited about I've done. Need to OT during the weekend and public vacation.

3.0
Oct 30, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

great people ... innovative, smart, friendly, conversant, diligent; good opportunities for vertical and horizontal movement; interesting work is available

Cons

tough to change the big elephant's course when it is heading in the wrong direction; "success" is largely dependent on your first line manager and some first lines are not good people managers

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