Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Software Engineer (Software Developer II)?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 1,093 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer (Software Developer II) Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer (Software Developer II) interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees well?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 1,093 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer (Software Developer II) 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 6325 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5350 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4326 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4042 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2115 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 1446 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1207 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 762 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 484 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 450 reviews))

Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,093 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

75% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,093 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews

5.0

Nov 26, 2023

Overall average deal

Software engineer-ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work on latest technology as Microsoft works on ideology of Customer zero.

Cons

- Some teams have bad Work Life Balance. - less pay then other competitors. - Some teams have very slow growth.

5.0

Nov 21, 2023

Great place to work if you're in the NOVA area

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great co-workers, benefits and work-life balance.

Cons

Since it's not an HQ, benefits compared to the Seattle campus are less.

4.0

Nov 16, 2023

A very OK job

Software engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Immediate managers are compassionate and care about your career growth and workload - Work-life balance is better than most places (except for on-call) - Great benefits - Huge focus on accessibility and diversity internally and externally -

Cons

- Technical debt and ageing infrastructure results in a laborious code build & test cycle - On-call can be brutal on low-level cloud teams and heavily damage work-life balance - Lack of automation results in lots of "manual labor" - Generally, a little boring. - Compensation generally lags behind other big tech companies.

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