Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Engineering Manager?

Software Engineering Manager professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 15 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 Software Engineering Manager Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineering Manager interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Engineering Manager employees well?

Software Engineering Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.1 out of 5 stars based on 15 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 14.9% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineering Manager salaries and benefits at IBM .

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"Good work life balance and good to be able to work from home although that’s often at the discretion of your manager" ((in 10971 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5071 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4312 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3398 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3303 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 5457 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2164 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results." ((in 2020 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1739 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 615 reviews))

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4.1

88% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

6% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.8

Work/Life balance

4.8

Career opportunities

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Senior management

Software Engineering Manager employees have rated IBM with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineering Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineering Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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15 reviews

4.0

May 28, 2023

Good

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good work environment and work life balance

Cons

Company does not provide compitive sslry

4.0

Jul 14, 2022

Work

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Big Company, comes with name recognition, challenging work, good workplace tooling

Cons

Doing a lot of catchup, can move somewhat slow and be a bit reactive

5.0

Jun 6, 2022

IBM is a great place to work

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity, flexibility, diversity, home-office, smart people

Cons

Bureaucracy, Promotions take time, Tight deadlines, Pressure for results

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