Is IBM a good company to work for as a Senior Software Engineer?

Senior Software Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 2,156 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Senior Software Engineer employees well?

Senior Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 2,156 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Engineer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Senior Software Engineer professionals working at IBM?

82% of Senior Software Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 2% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

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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 10916 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5028 reviews)); "Flexible time for work and offers work from home depending on the project that you will be part of" ((in 4348 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3481 reviews)); "Company has good benefits and allows you to easily change job roles if another role interests you." ((in 3355 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 5436 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2177 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1992 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1742 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 620 reviews))

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3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(2,156 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

74% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,156 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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2K reviews

2.0

May 23, 2015

Dinasaur

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Annual Cost-of-living adjustments to salary - Bonuses for not smoking and being active

Cons

- Managers forced to rank all team members, with the top 10% getting raises and good reviews and the remainder getting as little as 1% raise. -Lotus Notes sucks -IBM talks a good game. It went from "Work-Life Balance" initiatives to "Work-Life Integration". Most employees in the software division I worked were expected to check email and resolve bugs in the evening hours. Daily.

3.0

May 19, 2015

Senior Software Engineer

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting work at the top of the industry. Good work at home, family friendly policies.

Cons

Dubious business strategies, stagnant wages, lack of investment in people and education compared to the "old IBM."

1.0

May 13, 2015

Good place for middle age employees but not begineers

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

flexible working hours, work from home options

Cons

salary is not upto market standard.

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