IBM Software Developer reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(5,748 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 5,748 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Apr 28, 2026
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Pros

Not a stressful job on the team I was on.

Cons

Felt like management+ levels don't necessarily know what they want to do. If your team is deemed redundant then prepare to be a line added to next round of layoffs. Then you find out afterwards they had to pull in people from other teams to fill the vacuum you left.

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