Microsoft Lead Software Development Engineer reviews

4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

99% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

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
4.0
Apr 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most of the folks that work here are super bright and fun to work with. The software projects can be interesting but there is also lots of legacy code that just needs tweaks with every release.

Cons

Frequent changes to product plans and management.

2.0
Mar 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting projects; cutting-edge technologies; smart people; lots of opportunities to learn something new; lots of opportunities to impact millions of customers

Cons

Unhealthy culture; internal competitiveness is killing innovation and driving away great people; lots of incapable, hard-to-work-with people in high places; Too much red tape especially when it comes to re-staffing appropriately after the team assignment changes drastically.

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