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
5.0
Jun 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing smart, talented people. Work with people from all over the world. You get your own office. Work on products that affect millions of people.

Cons

Depends on the group. Work-life balance can get out of hand. Very competitive internally. Not necessarily help to find ways to take advantage of your best skills.

4.0
Jun 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent salary. Excellent benefits. Flexible hours. Very interesting work. Get to work with tons of other smart, talented people. Fun.

Cons

Hours can be long. Stock price isn't moving at all. Products aren't as innovative as they used to be. Slow.

4.0
Jun 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) My immediate management was top notch, with regards to transparency on job performance as as well as feature work 2) Tremendous Benefits 3) Good Work/Life Balance

Cons

1) Some groups still ship once in years, and the feature may get canceled 2) Not sure what senior management is ever upto - strategy changes every 6 months - lack of accountability on part of senior management 3) Not much scope for innovation

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