Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(383 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

84% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 383 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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383 reviews
4.0
Oct 25, 2014
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Pros

Talented people to work with. Good work space compared to other tech companies. Great work life balance. Lots of opportunities to move around the company. Good transparency. Management is working in positive direction by removing the stack ranking, making inter company transfers easier, setting clear goals, creating good scope to collaborate and providing a better direction. Lots of potential and good positive energy with the new CEO.

Cons

Health benefits are not the same, used to be better. Promotion time frame is dependent on the group you work for. It is much easier to get promoted in some groups where as very difficult in others. I've seen people waiting for promotion for 4-5 years despite being very talented. There is still some friction/politics between groups, however things are moving in positive direction. Inter company transfers doesn't allow level changes.

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