IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

(5,751 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 5,751 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
2.0
Feb 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- no swipe in and swipe out - 3 days office policy

Cons

-likely you will be removed within a year or 2 ( during multiple reorgs) -very unsafe place as an employee escp if you cant do politics and just want to focus on work -so much mental pressure escp in IBM product divisions -many manager do not have clear english accent, you can't understand what they want -managers are competing with employees keep technical team away from MBA like expectation, you are wasting tech talent

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