Is IBM a good company to work for as a Software Performance Engineer?

Software Performance Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.7 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 Software Performance Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Performance Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Software Performance Engineer employees well?

Software Performance Engineer 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 Software Performance 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 11006 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5079 reviews)); "IBM Canada provides flexible work hours and one can work from home almost all the time." ((in 4338 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3472 reviews)); "Good benefits backed by a solid fortune 50 company with world class products and services." ((in 3333 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 5441 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2169 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1726 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 620 reviews)); "Middle and upper Management form a good old boys (and girls) club." ((in 456 reviews))

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4.7

95% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

94% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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4.8

Culture & values

4.7

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Career opportunities

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Software Performance Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Performance Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated 22% above average by Software Performance Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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30 reviews

3.0

Oct 24, 2017

Performance Engineer

Performance engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly environment , work life balance is negotiable (depending on manager)

Cons

not transparent at all , No loyalty to long time employee's

3.0

Mar 30, 2015

There's gold within but hard to mine with weighty ops

Performance marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers, global brand power, diversity a true value, work from home possible in many roles, interesting technology

Cons

Slow systems and tools are a burden. Inappropriate expectations, frequent overtime. Poor time zone etiquette. Powerpoint poisoning. Boring raises, many layoffs

4.0

Feb 21, 2012

Great place to work with easy work/life balance and not much stress

Performance analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

big and well known company, lots of different areas and products to work on, research opportunities, flexible work hours, friendly environment

Cons

cost cuts at employees' cost, benefits and salary increases not competitive, no transparency between managers and employees, slowly follows economic trends

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