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      IBM Software Developer (Backend) reviews

      3.7

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (150 total reviews)
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      Arvind Krishna

      83% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      Backend Software Developer employees have rated IBM with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 150 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Backend Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Backend Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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      150 reviews
      4.0
      Jun 12, 2026

      Great community and perks, but cuts are concerning

      Backend developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - free snacks - great caring company-wide community (slack channels for common interests) - on-site gym, frequent company events

      Cons

      - recently started making big cuts like gym staff and quality of events - increasing encroachment on work-life balance - no new hires in Canada, while half the team left the company - stacked ranking policy

      1.0
      Jun 5, 2026

      Toxic environment with forced performance rankings

      Backend software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Earlier it used to be stable product and job security now that also is not there

      Cons

      Every year they mandatorily categories the employees into top 15%, 70% core and bottom 15%. And put the bottom 15% in PIP for six months and then force them to resign. And then hire again and repeat the process every year, now nobody can work with peace, everyone is involved in politics, how to take credit and avoid bottom 15%. Even managers agree that although they see everyone in their team perfoming but they have to put some one forcefully in bottom 15%

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