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      Microsoft Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (406 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      80% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 406 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      406 reviews
      4.0
      Oct 15, 2013

      Good experience overall

      Principal software development engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Vast array of products and technical areas. Large network of smart professionals. Excellent salary and compensation.

      Cons

      Slow moving. Employees are not at the cutting edge of tech (e.g. social, mobile, context-aware computing, etc.).

      2.0
      Oct 4, 2013

      inward directed

      Principal software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to work with smart people on interesting problems; it is hard to get hired, and if you make it through the review process that gives you a feeling of satisfaction

      Cons

      stack rank means a you are in a continuous cage match with your colleagues; it is a zero sum game. Product decisions (or non-decisions) are based more on intramural politics than external market opportunities. Tendency towards analysis paralysis as well.

      3.0
      Jul 21, 2013

      Principal SDE

      Principal software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Large pool of technical resources to learn and consult - Decent compensation - especially after being with the company more than 5 years - Great benefits and good supportive environment for internal transfers

      Cons

      - Performance review and calibration model caused a side effect of 'promoting' working silo and against each others since someone in an org must be rated excellent and someone must be rated bad. - Company is getting a bit too big - side effect of losing the agility, higher mgmt. lack of knowledge of team members - resulted to potential unfair/unjustified rating employees - Became too big ==> led to 'diminishing return' operating model

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