Microsoft Software Engineer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,481 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,481 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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5.0
Jun 17, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Highly talented engineers, meritocracy environment, management doesnt decide feature costing on your behalf unless you are wildly off

Cons

Cant think of any downside as of yet

2.0
May 27, 2013

Keep looking

Recommend
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Pros

With so many technologies across so many verticals, there are some problems that only Microsoft can solve. There are many smart people there.

Cons

Hubris, nepotism and stack ranking has caused a massive brain drain. The company is out of touch with the marketplace. Lack of innovation (that customers care about) in the core businesses means that Windows and Office are causing sales to trend down. As customers find new alternatives this will accelerate.

5.0
May 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay and benefits, even straight out of college Flexible hours Good people Interesting and innovative products

Cons

This isn't a 9 to 5: expect to work around 60 hours per week, at least Stack ranking for performance reviews

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