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      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
      3.0
      Jan 13, 2012

      OK place to work

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      big company, there is a deep knowledge of ms technology, smart people around. not too busy but you can learn many things

      Cons

      pay is not that high now, location is too far away from the city, not too many core developments going on here

      4.0
      Jan 6, 2012

      Good place to learn and profit elsewhere

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You'll learn a lot especially from technical area, a lot of challenging tasks and a level of expected quality is quite high. They also really expect you to deliver at the deadline, so pressure is high but it might push you above your limit. If you want to learn there are a handful of resources and smart people to learn from. Also engineers get a lot of freedom in a way they accomplish their goals, it's mostly delivering them that counts, not the path you select...

      Cons

      It’s mostly delivering that counts, so some people don't care that much about quality. There don't seem to be a good mechanism for (technical) quality validation. Again this is a very large company and things probably look different in other teams, especially in states when they do all really important stuff. There is also this weird culture, where people are mostly concerned about who will look bad on end year review and not taking any risks to help others, if it might make them look bad.

      4.0
      Dec 26, 2011

      Awesome tech company

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - access to cutting edge techology - ability to move in different spaces (OS, productivity, cloud, mobile, search, phone etc.) without leaving the company - impact - perks - laid-back, yet very challenging atmosphere

      Cons

      - slow to react to large changes - can be difficult to coordinate across divisions - decisions made by commitee taking too much time

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