Is IBM a good company to work for as a Senior Application Programmer?

Senior Application Programmer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.5 out of 5 stars in 30 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 Senior Application Programmer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Application Programmer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Senior Application Programmer employees well?

Senior Application Programmer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 30 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Application Programmer salaries at IBM.

What are the top reviewed jobs 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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4.5

99% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

100% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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4.8

Culture & values

4.8

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Work/Life balance

4.3

Career opportunities

4.2

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Senior Application Programmer employees have rated IBM with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Application Programmer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Application Programmer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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30 reviews

5.0

Aug 28, 2025

Good

Application programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good leaders and policies and work life balance

Cons

None at this time, others fine

3.0

Jul 17, 2024

Hiring was chaotic and our skills didn't quite match the project needs

Application programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The hiring process went smoothly, but turns out the team was formed in a rush that's why it was a quick hiring process.

Cons

The team was dissolved, and its members were left in floating status without any projects to work on.

5.0

Apr 2, 2024

IBM Systems Engineer | Application Programmer

Applications programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

IBM tag value great work environment Workplace flexibility

Cons

I am in consulting, hard to move to research or product based company

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