IBM Software Designer reviews

3.6

56% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)
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Arvind Krishna

43% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Software Designer employees have rated IBM with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Designer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Designer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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70 reviews
4.0
Apr 14, 2016
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Pros

IBM offers a very challenging environment. The people are great

Cons

You have to deal with a lot legacy software and old-fashioned people and spend a lot of time preaching about design and why its important.

4.0
Apr 8, 2016

Designer at IBM

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Pros

The community of designers is wonderful Solving difficult problems through design Being part of the whole process of design Great place to learn about other design disciplines The organization as a while has come a long way in a few years with regards to incorporating design and design thinking. (Still has a long way to go, but there is progress)

Cons

Suffers from the typical faults of a large corporation As a visual designer, opportunities to be creative are somewhat limited Overall happiness is VERY dependent on the team and org

1.0
Nov 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The salary was ok, however it's not worth it

Cons

Many cons - burnout culture shows that IBM does not care about the long-term health and well-being of employees. Project timelines have gotten shorter and shorter, with expectations that employees will work 12+ hours per day to meet deadlines. It's impossible to meet the deadlines and to do any kind of quality work at an incessant manic pace. IBM has been in a financial downward spiral for many years, there is no end in sight and it seems that management doesn't know what to do about it at this point.

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