Is IBM a good company to work for as a Staff Software Developer (Testing)?

Staff Software Developer (Testing) professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 68 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of IBM employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Staff Software Developer (Testing) jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Staff Software Developer (Testing) interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Staff Software Developer (Testing) employees well?

Staff Software Developer (Testing) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 68 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Staff Software Developer (Testing) 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 10916 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5028 reviews)); "Flexible time for work and offers work from home depending on the project that you will be part of" ((in 4348 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3481 reviews)); "Company has good benefits and allows you to easily change job roles if another role interests you." ((in 3355 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 5436 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2177 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 1992 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1742 reviews)); "Poor leadership: One senior exec's ego is much larger than his brain; no longer values employees." ((in 620 reviews))

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3.5

98% would recommend to a friend

(68 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

95% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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Staff Software Developer (Testing) employees have rated IBM with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 68 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Staff Software Developer (Testing) professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Staff Software Developer (Testing) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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68 reviews

3.0

18 Mar 2025

Peanuts from Giant

Test lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Diversity friendly No swipe hours - flexible timings

Cons

Carrot & stick approach No proper compensation & promotion

5.0

24 Jun 2024

Test Lead at IBM

Test lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Flexible and Good for long term

Cons

None, I didnt find anything wrong with company

5.0

17 Jun 2024

Good

Test lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

It is good to work in ibm

Cons

Sometimes manager are not good

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