IBM Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,155 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 2,155 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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2.0
May 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home opportunities and flexible schedule for programmers. Fortune 1000 companies run IBM computers. The world as we know it could not exist without the Mainframe.

Cons

Company is driven solely by Earnings Per Share. The business is a financial house of cards. Employees are considered a commodity and the company is focused on replacing expensive senior skills with inexpensive entry level skills. Major shift of employees from US to overseas since 2000. US headcount has decreased every year and is now 50% of what it was in 2000. US employees are now estimated at less than 20% of the company in 2013. US employees continue to be laid off and furloughed every year even with $99.7B Revenue and $16.4 B Income in 2013. There is no job security and the official policy is average pay. Most US employees have had no raise of any sort in 2-3 years.

1.0
Apr 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of hard work ( with no direction) so any job after this would look easy.

Cons

Feels like you are being pushed over. There is a set agenda which is pushed to you where your opinion doesn't count. Lot of politics and chaos where making people happy superficially is important to pursue once own career. Management is highly selfish and sitting to take advantage of people. Program director is good for nothing and expects others to move mountains.

4.0
Mar 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Perks are : Flexibility to work from home, can integrate work and life very well, good vacation..they are remodeling the site now so will have a modern look and feel

Cons

Initially salary was low but then after getting good manager got a very good raise..so compensation depends on your performance and manager but overall good management

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