Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(1,089 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

76% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,089 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Sep 19, 2018

Software Engineer

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Pros

Great environment, most of the teams are packed by extremely smart and competent people.

Cons

Work outside the Redmond office is not valued as much, even if you produce more. Some teams and maybe entire orgs may have toxic culture (the remnants of Balmer era). This is being fixed but some parts are moving way too slowly.

1.0
Aug 28, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good food, cab facility, work from home, free snacks & fruits

Cons

Poor quality technology stack. Slow moving software & tools, but fast expectations. Poor quality talent within the organization. Medieval methods of retaining employees - too many team outings, too many hours of meetings per week, expectation to work 24 X 7, plus, hostile behavior by managers. They work only on legacy projects, since new projects are difficult to monetize. Projects are poorly implemented by their sub standard employees. Even non .NET technologies (like front end technologies) they use are at least 5 years behind the times. In other words, a perfect place to spoil career.

5.0
Aug 24, 2018

Great company

Recommend
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Pros

Expectations and work life balance are reasonable.

Cons

Slightly lower pay than other companies in the area.

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