IBM Software Development Engineer reviews

4.2

99% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

100% approve of CEO

94% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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55 reviews
2.0
Sep 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

3 weeks vacation (starting) Decent compensation Good people on the lower levels

Cons

Terrible upper level management Constant layoffs (three rounds in the 10 months I was there)

5.0
Aug 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work with some of the smartest people on some of the coolest problems. You get reasonably well paid for the work you do. Great office and people.

Cons

Requires you to be on your toes. The pay doesn't include any additional perks. You have to pay for everything else, even coffee.

2.0
Aug 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunities to move around within a global organization (they actively encourage techical staff to consider moving to China, India or Africa). They encourage patent invention and intellictual IP

Cons

They have lost their way. Senior management encourages a message of "client first". Yet they have slashed staffing to WAY beyond the ability to create, deliver, market and train products of quality to their customers. Research and engineering employees who truly believe in doing a great job no longer have the ability to do so. IBM is aggressively moving towards cloud/big data technologies, but are trying to do so with little investment. Do more with less is fine.. and sometimes a reality. But do more with less for years, and less benefits and no work-life balance is not sustainable.

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