IBM Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,156 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,156 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Jul 9, 2015
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Pros

Enormous flexibility but IBM is huge and my experience may differ from those in other organizations/geographies.

Cons

It's a huge company, this can't be ignored. There is a fair amount of bureaucracy that I expect exists at any company of this size (400,000+ employees)

2.0
Jul 8, 2015

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Pros

For those interested in trying different things, lateral movement is still possible, though not as much as it used to be. As a large company, IBM has lots of resources.

Cons

You are worked hard without much credit/compensation. If you're not in sales or marketing, you are treated merely as a fungible resource. It's a somewhat stodgy company. They try to do modern things, like agile development, but that philosophy doesn't go very high up the management chain.

2.0
Jul 8, 2015
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Pros

Lots of learning resources, decent benefits, good work/life balance.

Cons

Terrible corporate politics and policies, official company policy is to replace all its "non-essential" NA staff with people from developing countries. Performance rating system is seriously flawed and pits employees against one another instead of encouraging collaboration. Starting salary was reasonable but increases are less than inflation and the company no longer pays for overtime in Canada.

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