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

System Engineer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 894 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 Engineer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked System Engineer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay System Engineer employees well?

System Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 894 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about System Engineer salaries at IBM.

How happy are System Engineer professionals working at IBM?

85% of System Engineer employees at IBM would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 13% in the past 12 months. System Engineer professionals have also rated IBM with a 4.2 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.

What are the top reviewed jobs at IBM?

Software Engineer (4359) , Applications Developer (2914) , Software Developer (2428) , Project Manager (2325) , Senior Software Engineer (2043) , Consultant (1847) , Senior Consultant (1847) , IT Specialist (1111) , Application Developer (1110) , Associate Systems Engineer (1034) , Business Analyst (1027) , Systems Engineer (871) , Manager (851) , Managing Consultant (849) , Intern (826)

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 11028 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5026 reviews)); "Flexible timings and work from home option(i gotta laptop thats why i enjoy this privilege)" ((in 4377 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3411 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3322 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 5426 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2198 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2015 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1738 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 626 reviews))

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4.1

85% would recommend to a friend

(894 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

83% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.8

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Systems Engineer employees have rated IBM with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 894 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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894 reviews

2.0

Jul 5, 2010

Poor HR Policy

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work Environment and for learning purpose its gud.

Cons

Worst paying company in the IT industry.

2.0

May 19, 2010

Cant stay for long duration

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home or any near by IBM office, no strict timing. Good technical people. Branded. Shift from project to project is not so difficult.

Cons

Pay and appraisal are very low. lots of cross cutting. Rating system is not good, visibility is more in writing down the points and stuff to higher management telling i did this and that. Managers are supposed to know the strengths and skills of employees under hir/her.

3.0

May 14, 2010

Just an average IT company

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Trainings Work from home facilities interchange of BU

Cons

Salary structure is bad Management is not good Performance feedback style is also not refined

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