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
1.0
Mar 15, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Nice to have my own office as an entry level I guess

Cons

- completely outdated model and process for developing software - absolutely terrible middle managers - everyone is old - there is no innovation here - developers are basically mechanics, who are TOLD by program managers what they should build, and they are not involved in the design process AT ALL

4.0
Mar 5, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lot of good things. As a lover of technology, you have lot of things to work on. Lot of different challenges to excite you Excellent Pay

Cons

Politics is the biggest problem. Doing good work is rewarded less than making connections. There is too much hierarchy in management to prevent you from being visible.

4.0
Feb 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Interesting technologies and lots of software development everywhere - run by engineers - vast opportunities to work on different kinds of products and technologies - great, intelligent and happy people

Cons

- too much politics or management gets in the way of shipping great products - too hesitant to ship interesting ideas unless its $10B business - benefits are steadily declining - new review model sucks

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