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

Lead Software Development Engineer professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 54 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Lead Software Development Engineer Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Lead Software Development Engineer interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Lead Software Development Engineer employees well?

Lead Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 54 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Lead Software Development Engineer 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 6288 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5333 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4330 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4062 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 1439 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1206 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 767 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 479 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 451 reviews))

Microsoft Lead Software Development Engineer reviews

4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

99% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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Lead Software Development Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Lead Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Lead Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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54 reviews

1.0

Nov 4, 2012

Worst Company

Lead software development engineer in test (sdet)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good if your next career is of Ploitician; shot term 1-2 years and also if you are very early in your career.

Cons

layoffs every year ; Cut throat policy ; company of Politicians; Standard of people are also coming down. There are three division and they sell as unique brand but it is not all same. Very scary environment as layoffs are more frequent.

5.0

Oct 18, 2012

Great company to work for

Lead software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ Variety of products (xbox, windows, phone, office, bing, etc) offer broad opportunities + Flexible work hours and great benefits + Very competitive pay

Cons

+ Image/perception + Businesses could leverage each other more + Typical politics, but doesn't feel worse than other large companies

4.0

Jul 29, 2012

University of software development.

Lead software development engineer in test (sdet)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learn from smart people. Rewards high performers. Values family.

Cons

Big company. Long processes like end of year reviews to help balance company.

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