Is IBM a good company to work for as a Siftware Engineer?

Siftware Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 8,490 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Siftware Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Siftware Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Siftware Engineer employees well?

Siftware Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 8,490 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Siftware Engineer salaries at IBM.

How happy are Siftware Engineer professionals working at IBM?

79% of Siftware Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. Siftware Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

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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 11047 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5003 reviews)); "IBM Canada provides flexible work hours and one can work from home almost all the time." ((in 4378 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3423 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3365 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 5375 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2169 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2028 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1770 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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3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(8,490 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

70% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Senior management

Siftware Engineer employees have rated IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 8,490 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Siftware Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Siftware Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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8K reviews

5.0

Jul 21, 2026

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Software developer

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Super company to work on

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Pay should be more for employees

5.0

Jul 20, 2026

Intelligent colleagues, but limited salary growth and hierarchy

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people who are intelligent

Cons

Bad salary progression and too much hierarchy

4.0

Jul 20, 2026

Great office, but frequent messy reorganisations

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great office Nice culture Good gym

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Very messy - reorg often

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