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 11089 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5034 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 4305 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3411 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3331 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 5433 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2173 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2009 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1761 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 621 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

4.0

Jan 22, 2018

Research Software Engineer

Research software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice place to be to upskill

Cons

It's really hard to make a career advance in the R&D lab

4.0

May 4, 2016

Good for work life balance

Software engineer - research

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work on your ideas

Cons

Lethargic management and slow pace of work

4.0

Feb 12, 2015

Great place to work at

Research software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great place to work at

Cons

place is great, i cannot think of any cons

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