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 19, 2013
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Pros

Microsoft has Awesome benefits, good work life balance, lots of opportunities. Extremely smart people to work with. Competitive salary

Cons

Nothing very bad about Microsoft, if your team is not best suited for you, you will get enough chances to switch and move away.

3.0
Aug 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

College hires or junior employees will probably have 5 to 10 *good* years at Microsoft. If you're not on the "management track" or senior level by then, it will serve you best to move on to new things. By that time, the experience gained will help you to be more successful elsewhere. The most important thing you can learn here is how to make enterprise software scalable, and best practices in engineering.

Cons

In many orgs, team dynamics are just bad. Too much bloat in process and personnel. The culture is highly dependent on email - even within teams sitting together in the same building. Many teams struggle to implement lean/agile effectively. About 2/3 of Program Managers seem to be clueless, and do not have any real accountability. The middle management culture is risk-averse and has a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. The worst part is many of those middle managers float around the company, transferring from group to group without passion or fresh ideas. Because of that churn, in most orgs, there will be morale-killing and sometimes pointless re-orgs a couple times each year. Depending on your manager, you may periodically have some anxiety about Microsoft's notoriously Darwinian performance review system.

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