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      3.9

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (5,886 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      69% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      Software Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,886 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      4.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      IBM Still an OK Place to Work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Even if individual managers do not nescessarily understand the rights of their employees (some do, some don't, like in any large org) systemically the rights of the employees seem protected. A far sight from perfect, but better than any other place Ive worked.

      Cons

      IBM is, as it has always been, a place that it takes a long time for the average guy to make good money. Ive seen many young managers handed great responsibility while making far less then their run of the mill employees. Also, the pension isn't any good, especially the one for new employees.

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      IBM, a nice and enjoyable place to work

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You feel pretty comfortable and appreciate it. When you start working here everybody is trying to give you pointers so you avoid some issues. Sometimes you don't know the answer for something, that's no problem because everybody is ready to give you some guidance and if that person doesn't know, he can always point you to the right direction. The pay is very good compared to other companies, around 1800 USD free of taxes and the benefits are very good too, you have life insurance & medical plan for you and your family (wife and kids). Also you have a special card for buying groceries every month, the card has around 150 USD to buy stuff. Here they have a program named Thanks! Award where you can send thank you notes with a gift to another employee, you can receive a maximum of 3 per year. And the gift has an IBM logo, there are backpacks, hand clocks, pens, mouses, Flash memories and some other stuff too. If you don't have a car there is always the free shuttle from IBM.

      Cons

      The place to work is very far from the city, so I have to drive around 30 to 40 minutes to get here. Also the traffic is a problem since the entrance is for one car, so entering or exiting the company is kind of hard and takes time. Ironically the computers that we have are not cutting edge, I have to work with a T43 and it's slow. Also you must use their own programs so SameTime takes a lot of RAM and keeps crashing even if you blink in a way that the program didn't like. Nobody gives you a clear description about working at home instead of the office, and sometimes you just don't know the protocol to do stuff like having a free day etcetera.

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