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 762 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 762 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 at IBM.

How happy are Associate Data Engineer professionals working at IBM?

93% of Associate Data Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 7% 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 11024 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4994 reviews)); "IBM Canada provides flexible work hours and one can work from home almost all the time." ((in 4351 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3396 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3327 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 5427 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2180 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2008 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1778 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 615 reviews))

IBM Associate Data Engineer reviews

4.0

93% would recommend to a friend

(762 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

84% approve of CEO

83% positive business outlook

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Associate Data Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 762 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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762 reviews

4.0

Oct 10, 2025

general

Senior data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- great culture - interesting projects - great technology

Cons

- medium compensation - not clear sales goals for techsales people

5.0

Oct 8, 2025

Great work environment

Data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

company that values skill development and continuous learning. Great work environment.

Cons

I don't have any cons to share

5.0

Oct 7, 2025

IBM - A great place to work

Senior data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learning new state of the art technologies Great work life balance Value of work Scope of self improvement wrt Learning Decent Payment Holidays when needed Particularly in Kolkata where not much options are there in Data Science this is a great place to work.

Cons

Not as such any particular cons are there Standard service-based company problems might be there some times

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