Is IBM a good company to work for as a System Programmer?

System Programmer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 114 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 System Programmer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked System Programmer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay System Programmer employees well?

System Programmer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 114 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 24.4% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about System Programmer salaries at IBM.

How happy are System Programmer professionals working at IBM?

99% of System Programmer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 3% in the past 12 months. System Programmer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.5 rating for work-life-balance, 4.6 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.5 rating for culture and values and 4.6 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 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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4.2

99% would recommend to a friend

(114 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

99% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Diversity & inclusion

4.6

Compensation and benefits

4.6

Career opportunities

4.5

Culture & values

4.5

Work/Life balance

4.5

Senior management

System Programmer employees have rated IBM with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 114 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most System Programmer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by System Programmer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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114 reviews

2.0

Oct 4, 2014

Been quite sad actually - Do not see much personal progres with being a consistent top contributor for 3 years in a row.

Computer programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Just cannot think of any, coz everything just sucks

Cons

You just forget your work-life balance, no one to really listen to the employee, see a lot of meetings with absolutely no solution to any issue, meetings are always an explanation & never a thought on what the employee is trying to make you understand, lots more if we start counting.

3.0

Jul 15, 2014

Comfortable work environment, good people (mostly), Essex plant is black sheep because it can't be profitable.

Programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to learn, develop skills. Managers good about work/life balance - they realize family is important.

Cons

Benefits get worse every year, layoffs, uncertain future. Older plant with older technology trying to hang on. Wish we had IBM consultants to improve our own business.

3.0

Jun 4, 2014

Very stagnant

Computer programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

All system put in place

Cons

Management is not technical and too much meetings

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Been quite sad actually - Do not see much personal progres with being a consistent top contributor for 3 years in a row.

Comfortable work environment, good people (mostly), Essex plant is black sheep because it can't be profitable.

Very stagnant

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