Microsoft Software Development Enginner-|| reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(798 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

56% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Software Development Enginner || employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 798 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Enginner || professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Enginner || professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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798 reviews
5.0
Aug 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The salary is fantastic, the benefits are top-notch, and the products you work on truly do change the world, so it is easy to find meaning in your work. The people you meet here are genuine and very intelligent, which is great considering how much time you spend with them.

Cons

Work/lift balance is a little tough at times. Given the magnitude of bugs or failures in a product like Windows, fixing them is a process that will result in many late nights and giving up your weekends.

3.0
Aug 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of friendly, helpful co-workers. Microsoft is such a large company that there are opportunities to work on a huge variety of projects, languages and environments. Wonderful work-life balance. Everyone is very understanding if you have to take a few hours off here and there for family or other non-work reasons.

Cons

Management often seemed distant - you would meet with your manager for 30 minutes each week, then not see them again until the next week. A lot of time is eaten up with email, meetings, work tracking, etc. which can leave little time for dev work. Due to the company's massive size, you can end up assigned to a deadend project, a poor manager, etc. and forgotten about.

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