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
Nov 17, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good Environment to work Nice to work on such large scale projects Smart people Helpful people

Cons

Too much of time wasted in software development processes Output is not immediately reflected in the product

5.0
Oct 30, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

High salary, cool technology, genius co-workers, good work/life balance, great work conditions (my own office, 2-3 monitors, multiple top-of-the-line development machines, etc.). Health benefits are AWESOME*! *for the next 2 years

Cons

Work/life balance is highly variable from one team to the next. Seattle is REALLY expensive, so the starting salary is deceptively low if you hope to ever own a home here. A lot of co-workers are really caught up in having money and owning things (lots of BMW's, Porsches, etc.) which might not be your thing.

2.0
Oct 17, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can choose to have a great work life balance; great place to work for people who are sick of moving around and are looking for a convinient , comfortable life style.

Cons

- Stagnant - Work place politics - Incompetent , unimaginative leadership. - Customer comes last, boss comes first. - Low hiring bar for top management - Steve Ballmer alomg with his team of marketers and salesmen. - No passion for technology - Performance comes last in product development. Feature creep done for empire building

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