Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer II?

Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 383 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer II Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer II interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Software Development Engineer II employees well?

Software Development Engineer II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 383 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer II salaries at Microsoft.

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What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6309 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5387 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4309 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4056 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2150 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1462 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1188 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 759 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 480 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 454 reviews))

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4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(383 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

84% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.8

Work/Life balance

4.7

Culture & values

4.7

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

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

1.0

May 25, 2014

Most consistently miserable job I ever had...bar none. I was not into the work, which was my main problem.

Software development engineer ii

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Pros

Money, benefits, exceptional software engineers, exceptional resources and knowledge base

Cons

If you don't fit in or your boss doesn't like you, you're screwed

3.0

May 23, 2014

Big chaotic Monolithic engine...

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Pros

- Above average pay and benefits, but for some teams where the work sucks and/or its too hectic; I don't think they are justified in the compensation they receive for example in my case.

Cons

- Several (barring some exceptions) Seniors or long time Microsoft'ians are very prejudiced and bigoted. - Starkly unconventional culture which most of them find difficulty to adhere to, but almost 80-85% get jelled in pretty good. I personally don't prefer it, but that's my opinion. - Let's do it in the next release attitude generally prevails, - Local management is not reliable as since the past 2+ years I have been here, there have been multiple churns, 5 manager changes and 3 team shifts... Projects keep getting shelved or moving back to Redmond. - Constant pressure to always do better - no cooling off period or plateau option

4.0

May 22, 2014

Good pay, needed more life

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Pay was great full relo. Big problems

Cons

Middle management was not great the review process while i did well was an extremely stressful period of time.

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Most consistently miserable job I ever had...bar none. I was not into the work, which was my main problem.

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