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

Mainframe Programmer professionals working at IBM have rated their employer with 4.3 out of 5 stars in 56 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 Mainframe Programmer Jobs at IBM now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Mainframe Programmer interview questions at IBM .

Does IBM pay Mainframe Programmer employees well?

Mainframe Programmer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at IBM with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 56 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Mainframe Programmer 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 10973 reviews)); "The people are great and the Extreme Blue program was excellent for learning principles of product design." ((in 5042 reviews)); "Flexible schedules and work from home opportunities are really good." ((in 4399 reviews)); "1. Extremely good work culture 2. Packages are good 3. Direct contact to senior level employees" ((in 3414 reviews)); "Good benefits; IBM prides itself on being a leader in Healthcare Benefits and incentives for healthy living." ((in 3307 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 5418 reviews)); "• Hard to get a promotion unless you have a good manager that is respected and fights for you" ((in 2178 reviews)); "The pay is low and not much hope it will get better even through hard work and delivering results" ((in 2012 reviews)); "No Salary hike.No On site opportunity.Very few are lucky getting visas and traveled to on" ((in 1760 reviews)); "Poor Leadership; Weak Execution; Benefits to employees are getting worse; Money spent on dividends instead of R&D." ((in 611 reviews))

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IBM Mainframe Programmer reviews

4.3

95% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)

Arvind Krishna

99% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Senior management

Mainframe Programmer employees have rated IBM with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Mainframe Programmer professionals have an excellent working experience there. IBM is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Mainframe Programmer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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56 reviews

4.0

Jun 11, 2021

IBM is good company

Mainframe developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance client projects are best

Cons

internal project does not give much salary/hikes not much outings/team lunches

4.0

May 12, 2021

Good company to learn

Mainframe programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learning wise good and job security is good

Cons

Less paid as compared to the work given to the company

3.0

Apr 10, 2021

Good opportunity to start

Mainframe systems programmer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good learning opportunities for beginners.

Cons

The salary and the home office restrictions.

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