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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Culture & values

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      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 19, 2009

      Great company with smart people, but management of some team is not good.

      Software development engineer
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      Pros

      You can work with lots of smart hard work person. You have lots of chance to work on project across different teams. It has very established process of software development process.

      Cons

      Too big to change fast. Political issues everywhere. Not all leads are good at management. Development tools need to be improved.

      2.0
      Nov 16, 2009

      Extremely process oriented

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - smart people in lots of places - very good benefits - good salary - career-wise it is clear where to go, not clear how to get there though

      Cons

      - senior leadership of the company does not seem to know how to move beyond Windows/Office - lots of places in the company are very heavy on process and process is actually celebrated as a great thing sometimes to the point of losing sight that the only thing that matters is shipping great products. - Microsoft bubble - very inward looking, most people have low awareness of what happens in the rest of the world in terms of new technologies, platforms, languages, innovations, etc. It is true that Microsoft creates its own gravity field but still. - Promotions especially at senior levels require a lot of political skill.

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