IBM Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,154 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 2,154 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
Sep 5, 2012
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Pros

As a research assistant, I was frequently given free reign to try new technologies and see how they might be applied to real world application. It can be exciting to take something new from the lab and actually oversee implementation as a pilot in a customer setting and be able to take the feedback directly back to the lab in a continuous improvement cycle.

Cons

It was a temporary assignment and had to come to an end.

1.0
Aug 28, 2012
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Pros

Job security and some social benefits. Ability to work (but not travel) in an international environment.

Cons

Big and slow, with a management culture from the 60s. All focus is on cost and numbers, enforced by rigid processes. Logic has no place in any monetary equation, all decisions (irrespective of size) are driven by rules and regulations set in stone. Time or results do not matter, cost does. Employees are "resources" that cost money, the less the better. Management is based on control and approvals rather than trust and inspiration. IBM is still the same hardware factory it was back in the glory days (60s/70s), but time has passed and the world has changed. The old ways don't stand up to the expectations of current customers or employees. As an organization, IBM is hopelessly out of date. It stays alive by buying innovative and successful companies that slowly suffocate or dry out as acquired talent abandon ship. Organic growth or innovation on the software market is simply non-existent.

3.0
Aug 27, 2012
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Pros

1. IBM Employee benefit policies 2. Work from home facility 3. Scope of growth is moderate

Cons

1. Non - eligible managers 2. No HR department 3. No onsite rotation policy

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