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IBM Kolkata Reviews

Updated 7 Jul, 2025

Category Ratings

4.3

Work-Life Balance

4.1

Company Culture

4.1

Skill Development

3.9

Job Security

3.8

Work Satisfaction

3.4

Salary

3.1

Promotions

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91% employees reported

Flexible timing

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4.0

Rated by Women

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Senior Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Consulting Department

4.0

updated on 28 Jun 2025

Likes

Work life balance is very good

Dislikes

Promotion will be completely irregular because lot of people will be eligible for promotion but promotion will be limited

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Associate Engineer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

updated on 02 Jun 2025

Likes

Unlimited sick leave policy rewards and recognition program work from home policy flexible work hours

Dislikes

less job security once you are put on bench less salary hike bad health insurance policy

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City.

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Senior Application Developer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

updated on 14 May 2025

Likes

The best company you work in.

Dislikes

Limited projects. If you are an SAP resource then you are settled but if not them after your current project you will to find opportunities outside else you will be kicked out.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, International Travel, Travel Within Country.

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Management Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Consulting Department

2.0

updated on 29 Apr 2025

Likes

Good work life balance, global culture

Dislikes

Zero promotion opportunities Negligible (1-2%) salary hikes Rampant favoritism (old boys/girls club) Heavy with top and middle management who does no work Taking vacations are practically impossible

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 Package Solution Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

Business Intelligence & Analytics Department

4.0

updated on 16 Apr 2025

Likes

Organization provides ambient learning & skill development opportunities. Your working domain will expand in many areas. Onsite opportunity post 3years based on your experience. Good woork life balance. You can come to office and go home as per your convenience. Very nice hikes are provided when joining.

Dislikes

Company has internal politics between cross teams. Very high expectations after you join. You would get rated very much baded on daily monthly and quarterly actions. Have to be pro active in many domains if you join with a senior designation. Appraisal chances are very low every year. If you are young, you would feel left out as allothers are in high age band. Too low count of leaves/holidays. And leave approval process are very embarrassing....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.

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Senior Oracle Application Database Administrator in Kolkata

Full Time

DBA / Data warehousing Department

2.0

updated on 14 Mar 2025

Likes

Just a Big name on your resume

Dislikes

You will be loaded with lot of things and no work life balance and just forget about your appraisal and promotion

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Strict Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Application Developer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

updated on 27 Feb 2025

Likes

Pros: 1. WORK LIFE BALANCE 2. CULTURE 3. NEW SKILL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Dislikes

Cons: 1. Hike is nominal 2. Promotion methodology is difficult to understand.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

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Program Manager in Kolkata

Full Time

Technology / IT Department

4.0

updated on 25 Jan 2025

Likes

Likes - Advocates skill development through learning, unlearning and relearning approaches. Process oriented to ensure robust governance at all levels. Leave policies better than other top MNCs.

Dislikes

HR roles and responsibilities and their visibility could be better. Flexibility in office hours results in odd timming for employees who have family responsibilities, and by and large is at the hands of your reporting manager. 75% of the large accounts and associated project work is US and UK based, consequently employee end up working at odd hours, thereby taking dents at work life balance. Annual increments could be rationalized to match industry standards, salary disparity for an employee at 'a' position with similar skills and industry demand is wide, and often snubbed without a logical correction in compensation slabs for the position....Read More

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves Travel Within City, Travel Within Country, International Travel.

Advisory Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

updated on 13 Jan 2025

Likes

No doubt working with prestigious organisation like IBM is a eye catcher. Company will force you to learn anytime. So you will learn a lot through, learning assignment , free premium udemy, wfh facility.

Dislikes

Only Salary. What you get at the time of joining , will be fixed. No increment in any manner. There is no standard to that. So make sure ,you ask higher. They will deny on this but it is true. It is not Limited to me having 3 yrs in IBM but others who has 7 years too has the same issue.

Abap Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Consulting Department

4.0

updated on 24 Dec 2024

Likes

IBM is good at work-life balance after working more than 7 years in IBM one thing I can say one will find very rare work place where people will not say anything once job is done , if any one can do their job none will tell anything.

Dislikes

Promotion and appraisal process , one should get judged by his/her work not the relationship having between manager and reportee, relationship has to be good with all but it should not be the only criteria for getting promotion and appraisal. It was really tough for me to leave IBM as it's my dream company since college time I left IBM because of manager.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Package Specialist in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Consulting Department

5.0

updated on 19 Dec 2024

Likes

1. Wonderful work Environment 2. Job security 3. Recognition for a good work 4. Good work life balance 5. Hybrid work culture 6. Work Autonomy

Dislikes

Hikes need to be improved

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 Developer in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

4.0

updated on 25 Oct 2024

Likes

Good people, good work environmemt and culture specially if you get chance to work on European projects.

Dislikes

Less on projects. 2 months on bench and you can sense danger.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Business Operations Manager in Kolkata

Full Time

Administration Department

3.0

updated on 27 Sep 2024

Likes

Opportunity to learn new things at your own pace with IBM sponsoring most of the certification fees

Dislikes

Promotions do not happen to those who work in support roles / non client facing roles, they are left to rot in same work even for 8- 10 years without any promotion whatsoever and salary hike is less than 2% and drastically less than market driven rates of similar IT competitors

Solution Architect in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

updated on 26 Jul 2024

Likes

Work Life Balance. Learning opprotunity and above all IBM culture amazing.

Dislikes

TAC concept. There some senior manager keeping their job unnecessarily block resource and treate as a labour and assigned multiple project as an outcome client unsatisfactory of performance

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

3.0

updated on 18 Jul 2024

Likes

Work Culture will not be comparable with any company. Company Culture is also very good.

Dislikes

When anyone got a best rating and after that no project has been assign. Then no salary hike. And for project it is very much bias. No experience or knowledge is needed only thing is how much you have link that help to get project. Workforce management is very bad here. Work force management doesn't have any information about the project. Afterall you can learn lots of things but not able to get any chance to implement in IBM. I have spend 10 years but last couple of month it is like a metal pressure is given after appraisal. No growth no hike after best performer....Read More

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves International Travel.

Business Transformation Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

Technology / IT Department

4.0

updated on 15 Jun 2024

Likes

WFH was in place way before Covid-19 pandemic made it the norm. Flexible & good work life balance. Ample opportunities for women to grow and lead in their respective domain.

Dislikes

Some professionals in the guise of project managers make it all about themselves and then the employees have to face the brunt of their consequences. When people bring their rigid mindset to a flexible workplace environment, things start to go horribly wrong.

Work Details

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Senior SAP Abap Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Consulting Department

5.0

updated on 25 May 2024

Likes

It was very nice experience working in IBM, actually IBM is my dream company, all leads are supportive and intellectual.

Dislikes

Slow growth , promotion time is not fixed.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Package Solution Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Consulting Department

5.0

updated on 01 May 2024

Likes

Flexible working hours and work life balance is good .It generally depends on project but overall good

Dislikes

I can not switch to new technology in IBM .It is difficult

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Advisory System Analyst in Kolkata

Full Time

Software Development Department

5.0

updated on 15 Apr 2024

Likes

Excellent environment

Dislikes

If you're on bench for more than 2 months you will get PIP. Then within one month they will ask to resign. Then you will have 3 months to get a project. Total 6 months. Last np 3 months are meaningless as no project will allow you

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Rotational Shift (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This is a desk job.

Management Consultant in Kolkata

Full Time

IT Consulting Department

5.0

updated on 05 Jul 2025

Likes

Every thing.

Dislikes

Nothing.

Work Details

Work policy: 3 days/week from office

Work days: Monday to Friday (Flexible Timings)

Work related travel: This job involves International Travel, Travel Within Country.

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The experience of working at any company can vary based on factors like team, manager, role, company policy etc. However, with an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5 from over 1.4k employee reviews, it's clear that most employees have a positive experience working at IBM's Kolkata office. Work-Life balance holds the highest rating at 4.3, while career growth is rated the lowest amongst all factors at 3.1. Read reviews about work-life balance and career growth on AmbitionBox.

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According to AmbitionBox reviews, IBM's Kolkata office employees rate their salary and benefits at 3.4 out of 5, based on 1.4k reviews. The rating reflects an average level of satisfaction among employees regarding compensation and benefits, indicating that while employees find the compensation and benefits acceptable, there is room for improvement in these areas. You can know more about IBM's Kolkata office salaries here and to read reviews specifically about salary and benefits at IBM's Kolkata office, click here .

How is the work culture at IBM's Kolkata office?

Work culture at IBM's Kolkata office is rated 4.1 out of 5 by 1.4k employees on AmbitionBox, indicating a generally positive environment. Work culture encompasses aspects like collaboration, support, and overall employee satisfaction. The strong rating reflects a supportive and engaging atmosphere at IBM's Kolkata office. To read reviews specifically about work culture at IBM's Kolkata office, click here .

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Based on 1.4k reviews on AmbitionBox, IBM's Kolkata office employees rate job security at 3.9 out of 5. This lower rating indicates that a significant number of employees may have concerns about their job stability and the reliability of their roles at IBM's Kolkata office. To read reviews about job security at IBM's Kolkata office, click here .

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