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      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

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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
      Oct 31, 2012

      Solid coding in a varied but silo'd environment

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Tons of within-company opportunities, lots of data to work with, you can find great people, your work affects millions and millions of people.

      Cons

      Bureaucratic, engineering practices lag industry standards in many teams, the organization is anything but lean, there are plenty of leeches.

      2.0
      Oct 18, 2012

      Process-oriented, insecure superiors

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good Campus Lots of activities Free WP7 Mobile Phones

      Cons

      Everybody tries to save their own self Little blame game Limited opportunity for mavericks and firefighters 90% time wasted in meetings and writing mails to superiors so that they understand

      4.0
      Oct 14, 2012

      Good and old big company that still has some vibe

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Job security; employee discount in Microsoft store; free PC, tablet, phone, Xbox; decent compensation; still vibrant in some ways

      Cons

      Lots of processes, stock-based compensation is limited compared to companies whose stock price actually changes, not headquartered in Silicon Valley, often limited to its proprietary technologies

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