Is IBM a good company to work for as a Associate Data Engineer?

Associate Data Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 756 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Associate Data Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Associate Data Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Associate Data Engineer employees well?

Associate Data Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 756 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Associate Data Engineer salaries and benefits at IBM .

How happy are Associate Data Engineer professionals working at IBM?

92% of Associate Data Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 9% in the past 12 months. Associate Data Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.2 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 11004 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5026 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home options but again that depends on the kind of project we are working." ((in 4357 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3404 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3298 reviews))

What are the cons of working at IBM according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary and the increment was less than 2% even top performer unless you got band promotion" ((in 5441 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2178 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1997 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1743 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 614 reviews))

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4.0

92% would recommend to a friend

(756 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

84% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Senior management

Associate Data Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 756 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Data Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Data Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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756 reviews

4.0

May 2, 2026

Good work-life balance but heavy office politics

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good WLB Good colleagues New things to work on in Watson X

Cons

Office politics is heavy only people who can butter goes up

4.0

Apr 23, 2026

Good wlb, not enough data science work

Data analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance, flexible work hours, 3 days wfo

Cons

Not enough data science work, Managers not very good

4.0

Apr 22, 2026

Engaging work with supportive managers but bureaucratic challenges

Senior data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

In the government consulting practice I was able to stay engaged and connected which was paramount in staying on good, interesting, well funded and personally fulfilling contracts. I think very fondly of my time at IBM. Managers were supportive and would explain the lay of the land.

Cons

Sometimes changing contracts could be stressful. Not all people would work hard, so surrounding myself with people I liked working with was important to me. There was some bureaucracy in promotions/raises and those sorts of efforts took a lot of time. Good to be proactive in communicating your goals to managers. Ultimately I left for private sector and it was at that point in time I learned a promotion I'd been pursuing had finally been approved. Still glad I left for my own personal lifestyle / moved farther from DC and had concern about a project change that wouldn't enable remote work.

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