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
Sep 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits (salary, insurance, perks) Lots of seasoned developers and leads to work with and learn from

Cons

Microsoft is a machine. There are tons of people at the company, and it's sometimes hard to feel like you've made an individual impact. Career growth is possible but you have to align heavily with your manager. Don't get too attached to any of your products because all of the higher ups are good at playing the alignment game. They will turn on a dime and leave you wondering why you wrote all that code for the past 6 months.

5.0
Sep 22, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent work life balance. Personal and professional development. Work on cutting edge technologies.

Cons

Could improve more based on other company benefits.

4.0
Sep 18, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company has so many teams across different domains like online services, windows, xbox, mobile, cloud storage etc. superb benefits and perks compared to other companies. smart people. work/Life balance better than most companies.

Cons

Politics in many teams. Stack ranking.

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