Microsoft Software Engineer reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(6,483 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,483 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Jul 1, 2015

Senior Software Engineer

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Pros

Relatively stable environment in which I get to do a lot of interesting, customer-focused work.

Cons

Limited career advancement possibilities beyond the senior level. Poor work/life balance. (Though, better than other companies like Amazon.) Lots of bureaucracy. Lots of randomization in online services.

4.0
Jun 20, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Microsoft genuinely cares about its employees and is moving the culture in the right direction. It has all the opportunities & problems that a software engineer can dream to solve.

Cons

Microsoft can't rally the troops with a big mission. As a result a lot (not all, a lot) of senior employees are motivated by personal gain and are ready to game the system if need be.

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