Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Architect?

Software Architect professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 122 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 Software Architect Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Architect interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Architect employees well?

Software Architect professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 122 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 15.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Architect salaries at IBM.

How happy are Software Architect professionals working at IBM?

76% of Software Architect employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. Software Architect professionals have also rated IBM with a 3.9 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.1 rating for culture and values and 4.0 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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4.1

76% would recommend to a friend

(122 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

63% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Culture & values

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.6

Senior management

Software Architect employees have rated IBM with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 122 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Architect professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Architect professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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122 reviews

2.0

Dec 20, 2012

Once innovative but now just a sales company with poorly compensated sales reps.

Software architect

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Still has decent brand, benefits still ok, still pretty good place to start career

Cons

Not much organic innovation anywhere, pretty much all new technology via acquisition. PBC reviews are a total joke designed to keep raises and bonus payments low as possible. Continually squeezing teams to do more with less which is ever harder because quality people are leaving in droves. Some people believe this is by senior management design and some credibility to that argument based on the shrinkage of US employees and growth in off shore employment.

2.0

Sep 7, 2011

Total job security, minimal professional opportunities

Software architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very few layoffs. Work-life balance (little pressure to work too much overtime),

Cons

General atmosphere of stagnation; lack of professional challenges; declining compensation packages. Office which has become steadily cruddier--more crowded, less pleasant--over time. Petty bureaucratic are always present at a large company, but recently they have become much worse.

4.0

Mar 19, 2009

A review from a newbie employee at IBM

Software architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

IBM is a worldwide recognized company

Cons

Too large company sometimes looses good professionals and bad ones remain.

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