Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer?

Software Development Engineer professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 825 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Software Development Engineer employees well?

Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 825 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer salaries at Microsoft.

How happy are Software Development Engineer professionals working at Microsoft?

74% of Software Development Engineer employees at Microsoft would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 21% in the past 12 months. Software Development Engineer professionals have also rated Microsoft with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.3 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

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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 6292 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5368 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4316 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4029 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2119 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 1443 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1203 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 761 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 488 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 452 reviews))

Microsoft Software Development Engineer reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(825 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

57% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer, employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 825 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer, professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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825 reviews

4.0

Mar 2, 2014

so far so good

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

solid business, work life balancing, challenge development work

Cons

less of an environment of collaborating and knowledge sharing

4.0

Feb 22, 2014

Worked on archaic legacy code with really awesome, incredibly smart, passionate and dedicated people.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people: smart, passionate, interesting. The perks: events, fitness benefit, Prime Card, Orca Card, pay. The location: close to Seattle, beautiful campus. The company: cool new things, also industry staples, tons of opportunities and niches.

Cons

Many older products involve tackling a lot of legacy code and trying to read the minds of developers past. Conducive to developing highly specialized skills, but not necessarily more widely applicable technical growth.

4.0

Feb 14, 2014

My experience at Microsoft has been very good.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Microsoft offer some really good perks. The base salary is good and the ESPP(employee stock purchase plan) is well designed. The health benefits were very good in past but they are not as good as they used to be. You get to work on some really challenging projects. You have to keep learning and updating yourself at your job. This is not something that you do in your off time. You have to learn new technologies to perform your day-to-day work. Some of the people here are very talented. They are scary intelligent and you have a hard time to gauge their potential. A wide range of employees are average but average for Microsoft may be extra ordinary for some other companies.

Cons

The work-life balance is very off. We have frequent releases and every release brings long hours at office. Sometimes, we don't have enough time to fix a problem at the very core. We are racing against time and we have to provide a workable solution to the problem as soon as possible. There are very few team morale events.

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