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
Apr 14, 2010
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Pros

cutting edge software development, makes you proud. Good life/work balance on most teams. great benefits. flexible hours.

Cons

Work/Life balance is very variable throughout the company, I have friends from various teams, some are working twice the others and not appreciated well enough for their work. It all depends on the team.

3.0
Apr 14, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

good health benefit, good big campus easily get insulated, meet many people social opportunities, nice view in seattle, good office

Cons

not fair, manager fight for political reasons, not merit based promotion, top manager does not know or try to learn technology, it is becoming a local government agency

4.0
Apr 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have very good campus. No state tax, people are friendly there and they have good medical insurance for everyone.

Cons

It is a big company. They put lots of work on Windows mobile. Hard to say where it is going.

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