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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Senior management

      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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      1K reviews
      3.0
      Feb 17, 2017

      Software Engineer 2

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Opportunity to work on cutting edge technology, competitive salary.

      Cons

      Mid level management plays lot of politics

      2.0
      Feb 12, 2017

      Just required review

      Software engineer-ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good for waiting your retirement to come - Very good for people who like political battles - Might be a good work life balance if you land to a good team (which is rare)

      Cons

      - Overall: it is a dying elephant - Very politicized - Very bad for any technical career - Too many "story tellers" and visibility gainers, but very limited amount of really working people. Everybody wants to delegate and eventually get credit of your work. - Outdated stack of technologies, most of them are already irrelevant - Questionable medical benefits - Paycheck bellow average

      3.0
      Feb 2, 2017

      Urgent need to review compensation and rewards

      Software engineer-ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good Work culture - Decent Benefits - Exciting work (depends on the team) - Tons of opportunities

      Cons

      - Rewards are nowhere near Google/ FB or any top company today. - On-calls are a standard but there the standard benefits like Phone allowance is missing - Lot of politics in some teams

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