IBM Sdet (Software Development Engineer in Test) Reviews
Updated 29 Jul, 2021
Overall Rating
4.2/5
based on 4
reviews
Rating distribution
Category Ratings
4.5
Company culture
4.5
Job security
4.5
Work-life balance
4.2
Skill development
3.5
Work satisfaction
3.2
Salary
3.0
Promotions
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Sdet (Software Development Engineer in Test) in
Navi Mumbai
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
5.0
Overall Rating
5.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 06 Apr 2021
Likes
Work -life balance and unlimited sick leaves.
HR policies are good so not one can harass you, and if someone does you can inform HR and they handle it very delicately and the situation definitely changes.
Certification is offered so that you can upskill yourself, also training for the same is also provided.
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
If you work in client location, IBM facilities do not reach us.
Clients have an upper hand and they can call us to office even during Covid-19 and IBM doesn't fight for their employees.
Work Details
I work as a Test Specialist and my role is mainly SDET with co-ordination with BA and clients for requirements analysis and planning.
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City.
Employee Benefits
Certifications are free of cost.
Sdet (Software Development Engineer in Test) in
Pune
Sdet (Software Development Engineer in Test) in
Gurgaon / Gurugram
Excise Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 29 Jul 2021
Likes
Work culture
Job security - Excellent
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Slow Career growth
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Sdet (Software Development Engineer in Test) in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
2.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
4.0
Work satisfaction
4.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 29 Mar 2021
Likes
job security and work culture
Skill development - Good
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Good
Company culture - Good
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
compensation
Salary - Poor
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Management Consultant in
Mumbai
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
3.0
Work-life balance
posted on 10 Mar 2025
Dislikes
Salary: Salary hike is only 2-3%.
Promotion: It does not matter whether you are ready of promotion or not. If some one ask for salary correction as per market. They simply initiate for process promotion.
Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Saturday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within Country.
Associate Systems Engineer in
Chennai
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 09 Mar 2025
Likes
Company has great policies
Everything is on paper looking good
Dislikes
Company rooted with brahmin politics rooted to the core.
All of the higher management old age retirement people occupying all senior jobs with ilegal way
Making the company progress very slow
Making sure hard working people are cornered and make their life hell and will indirectly target them
All of the people are micromanaged
And they dont have security all of the people data they are stealing
Employee conversation and chat are revealted to higher manager even anonymous reviews...Read More
Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work timings: Strict Timings
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Fullstack Java Developer in
Pune
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
1.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 07 Mar 2025
Likes
The hire at a high salary thenk keep you on bench. Then they ask you to resign as you are on bench. Don't resign.
Dislikes
They don't have any project or requirement. They just hire you to fill their bench. You will get project interviews but none of them will hire you even if your interview was good. And if the interview was bad they will send that review to your WFM which they can later use to justify ending your employment.
Salary - Bad
Skill development - Bad
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel: This job involves
Travel Within City.
Senior Software Engineer in
Pune
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
1.0
Salary
2.0
Skill development
2.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
2.0
Work-life balance
posted on 05 Mar 2025
Likes
The work life balance depends on the manager and work that you are assigned to.
Dislikes
There are no promotions until 3 of employment. For that again you need some industry training. After which managers will send your reference for promotion which again on account basis which can take time of a month, quarter or even a year.
Salary - Bad
Skill development - Poor
Job security - Poor
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Poor
Senior Automation Test Engineer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Quality Assurance and Testing Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
3.0
Work satisfaction
2.0
Company culture
3.0
Work-life balance
posted on 04 Mar 2025
Likes
Salary is decent in India Software Labs, equivalent of Tier 2 PBCs. RSUs are also given to employees who perform well.
IBM has turned its tech suite around after the RedHat acquisition, even for z/mainframe products. Newer tech stack is being implemented at breakneck pace, enough to overwhelm senior developers as well. Lots of opportunities to learn new stuff, including agentic AI.
Job security is better than other PBCs for employees who perform well, but expect PIPs....Read More
Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Good
Dislikes
You will get stuck in one job band for a very long time. Promotions from 7B to 8 are very hard in particular. Also, IBM India is the only entity among all IBM entities to have A and B subbands till job level 7 (tech lead), effectively prohibiting your growth to a decision-making position for a longer time.
Indian management, especially managers who have moved laterally from IBM Consulting, is extremely orthodox, and technically inept. If your product delivery is controlled by an onshore lab (U.S., U.K., Germany, etc), expect the Indian management to have no understanding of what it is that you are doing on a day-to-day basis, and to be at loggerheads with the onshore managers. You, an ordinary employee, will no doubt be caught in the crossfire....Read More
Promotions - Poor
Company culture - Poor
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Application Engineer in
Pune
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
1.0
Overall Rating
1.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
1.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
1.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 03 Mar 2025
Likes
good salary, good learning platform like udemy business and some internal portals
Salary - Good
Dislikes
Micromanagement, some managers and senior architects are working since so long 15-20 years and they don't want any fresh and skilled person to stay they are in there comfort zone, worst reality is when i resigned no hr has connected with me even after raising a ticket manager has all the power.
Job security - Bad
Promotions - Poor
Work satisfaction - Bad
Company culture - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
2 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Strict Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Data Analyst in
Mumbai
Full Time
·
Business Intelligence & Analytics Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
3.0
Salary
3.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
3.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 03 Mar 2025
Likes
Great Ethics and work-life balance. Employee is preferred over everything.
Job security - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Less opportunities to grow and less scope for promotion. IBM does not matches the Market Standard pay for it's employee
Work Details
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Senior Software Engineer in
Kochi
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
5.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
3.0
Job security
2.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
4.0
Work-life balance
posted on 28 Feb 2025
Likes
Great, innovation driven culture. Lots of opportunities for learning. Great ambience to work and motivating managers.
Salary - Excellent
Skill development - Excellent
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Work-life balance - Good
Dislikes
Uncertainty over job. Poor promotion culture where some of the associates get promoted easily and for others it is tough as anything. The perks too are being given that way only.
Promotions - Poor
Software Developer in
Bangalore / Bengaluru
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
2.0
Overall Rating
2.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
4.0
Skill development
4.0
Job security
1.0
Promotions
1.0
Work satisfaction
3.0
Company culture
1.0
Work-life balance
posted on 28 Feb 2025
Likes
Health insurance, free courses on Udemy, free coffee and good office setup.
Salary - Good
Skill development - Good
Job security - Good
Dislikes
Lack of work life balance. It all depends on the manager you get, whether it becomes toxic or not.
Promotions - Bad
Work satisfaction - Bad
Work-life balance - Bad
Work Details
Work policy:
3 days/week from office
Work days: Monday to Friday
(Flexible Timings)
Work related travel:This is a desk job.
Application Developer in
Kolkata
Full Time
·
Software Development Department
4.0
Overall Rating
4.0
Category Ratings
4.0
Salary
5.0
Skill development
5.0
Job security
4.0
Promotions
5.0
Work satisfaction
5.0
Company culture
5.0
Work-life balance
posted on 27 Feb 2025
Likes
Pros:
1. WORK LIFE BALANCE
2. CULTURE
3. NEW SKILL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Salary - Good
Skill development - Excellent
Job security - Excellent
Promotions - Good
Work satisfaction - Excellent
Company culture - Excellent
Work-life balance - Excellent
Dislikes
Cons:
1. Hike is nominal
2. Promotion methodology is difficult to understand.