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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Mar 9, 2010
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, with possibility to work on different projects and areas based on interest. Lots of resources for learning, collaborating on different projects/technologies, etc.

Cons

Big company, strategy spread slowly and some projects seems to have a hard time identifying all stakeholders. Also, there are too many meetings, that sometimes get into the way of getting things done.

3.0
Feb 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It gives you flexible work timings. Has work from home facilities which is useful to catch you in the night 1:00 AM. Has good management system in place to track progress of projects.

Cons

Lot of discrepancy in pay structure with in the same band. Progression in IBM very much depends on Senior Management. Some of the accounts are very huge and not much opportunity for Onsite.

4.0
Jan 6, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of interesting products and projects of various flavors, so an employee need never be bored. There is also sufficient cross-mobility across teams.

Cons

Many of the products and technologies are "legacy" and not sexy. Working on those has a downside in that you end up being non-marketable. Also, STG is conservative and risk averse.

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