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      Microsoft Research Software Design Engineer reviews

      4.5

      83% would recommend to a friend

      (105 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      83% approve of CEO

      78% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.6

      Culture & values

      4.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Compensation and benefits

      Research Software Design Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 105 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Research Software Design Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Research Software Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      105 reviews
      3.0
      Aug 29, 2009

      Decent Place to work, but too much emphasis on seniority

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      Pros

      Generally smart people, although not the smartest Excellent benefits Flexible hours, no micro-managements

      Cons

      Too much emphasis on seniority Some "senior" developers don't know basic things (like don't try to quicksort a linked list) Proper recognition is rarely given to new employees New employees often end up doing the "grunt work" even though they may be much more qualified than existing employees

      4.0
      Apr 4, 2009

      Good place to work. For now.

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      Pros

      It comprises a large and interactive community of employees. For example, there are hundreds of mailing lists that allow people to get together for various activities, from sports on the campus to external work meetups. There are also many high quality and smart people (at least in Research). I'm not that certain about the density of smart people in other departments however. The campus is also pretty nice.

      Cons

      There is quite a bit of bureaucracy. In research, there seems to be limited tech transfer from research to products. There also seems to be many isolated feifdoms that don't interact much. It would be much better if product groups were more open to each other and less protective of their own domains.

      5.0
      Aug 24, 2008

      A great place to work

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      Pros

      At MSR, you have a chance to work with the best and the brightest -- the caliber of people that would otherwise be on the faculty at a top-tier research university. MSR is pretty much the only surviving old-style industrial research lab in the tradition of Bell Labs and PARC. The compensation starts out good and becomes great as the stock awards ramp up.

      Cons

      If you are not in Redmond or Beijing, there is very little opportunity to grow beyond an individual contributer role, unless you move out of Research.

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