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

Research Software Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.6 out of 5 stars in 16 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 Research Software Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Research Software Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Research Software Engineer employees well?

Research Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 16 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Research Software Engineer salaries 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 11077 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 4990 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4365 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3462 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3306 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 5437 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2195 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2015 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1756 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 625 reviews))

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IBM Research Software Engineer reviews

4.6

99% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

100% approve of CEO

97% positive business outlook

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5.0

Culture & values

5.0

Senior management

4.9

Work/Life balance

4.7

Career opportunities

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Research Software Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.6 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Research Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Research Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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16 reviews

5.0

Jan 22, 2021

Work Life Balance

Research software engineer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly management, Work Life Balance

Cons

Bureaucracy, slow growth, hard to introduce new things

5.0

Dec 17, 2020

Awesome place to work, especially for those interested in AI research.

Research software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- One of the few places where you can focus on research after the client's requirements are met - Very helpful people, who are willing to help you in every step of your journey - Work-life balance is the best, no rigid hours for working and you can work as per your convenience

Cons

- You can't choose your project/team after joining, at least not in this position

3.0

Feb 17, 2019

Corporate Environment with Open Office

Research software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice office, free snacks and coffee in the break area, free gym, some interesting projects

Cons

Very corporate feeling even in the research groups, a lot of 9to5ers, upper management is a bit siloed off and difficult and slow to communicate with, lots of projects that have little to no market research behind them, large projects tend to lack good communication and leadership vision.

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