IBM Senior Automation Test Engineer Bangalore / Bengaluru Reviews

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

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

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Flexible, good work life balance. No micromanagement. No variable pay

Dislikes

Annual hikes are very very low. Sometimes 0 hike

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

Work life balance only

Dislikes

Appraisal

Work Details

Work policy: 2 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

Likes

IBM India has all the good segments for their Dedicated Employee and IBM culture is very good . You can shift your current Skills to other good skills. Carrier conversation also very good. So Opportunity is the nick name of IBM.

Dislikes

IBM should be their employees who are constantly working from Home.

Work Details

I am an Automation Framework Developer cum Automation Tester. I am designing Open Source Framework, Developing, and presenting to current and upcoming clients.

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Likes

As of now nothing

Dislikes

Most disliked factor is the skill mismatch.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.