Microsoft Software Development Engineer reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(825 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

57% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

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
Feb 4, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good tools that help with the day-to-day, sometimes they break and it's painful, but still a lot better than not having them. Private offices, which are nice if you just want to be heads-down and get work done. Lots of really smart people, from which you can always learn something new.

Cons

Long hours. Very political environment, a lot of middle management. Most times "How it looks" or the "Team Stats" are more important than doing the right thing for users or the company.

2.0
Jan 27, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good compensation & benefits. - Looks good in the resume

Cons

- You manager has TOTAL control over your destiny, and that includes you future career opportunities within MS, your work/life balance, and virtually everything must be aproved by your manager. It totally up to them to rate you, regardless of your previous ratings. It's up to them to decide that you'r late, even if you're ahead anyone else with your work. The stack review system made it clear where the boundary is for people to turn into a**holes.

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