Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(1,087 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 1,087 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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1.0
Jun 15, 2015
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Pros

Nice Buildings, Free Soft Drinks

Cons

In 3 years I moved between 5 managers. Layoffs were happening, people were quitting left and right. Things did settle down a bit. What I saw was either a manager likes you or he doesn't. Managers don't check on code, its all about perception. I've seen Engineers work their way up with crappy code. The next guy in line has to clean up the mess. Fixing bugs doesn't earn you points at all. Senior Leadership ruled like dictators. If you break the dev build (not even prod build), you will be shamed, your checkin privileges are revoked. Abusive language is used at times. This meant the blame game is played. Private emails are forwarded around. Project Managers fresh out of schools are hired to boss you around. A dev only writes code was the mantra. In 3 years, I slowly felt the soul sucked out of me. They pay you well, but to them you are just a dev who will work 60-70 hours. You'd see people working weekends and late nights. It is highly frowned upon to only work 8 hours.

4.0
Jun 15, 2015
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Pros

- Solid pay. - Okay benefits (used to be better) and perks. Little stuff, like cell phone plan discounts, or really cheap personal shipping. - Work with smart people on cool stuff (depending on team). - Potentially broad impact.

Cons

- Terrible concept of management. (See Advice to Management below.) - Obnoxious review system. Supposedly a "meritocracy," but it's invariably a bunch of gossipy political BS. Through three or four different systems, this has been the one constant. - Lousy work/life balance. If your only interests are programming and more programming, you'll be fine. - At least as hyper-nerdy as you probably imagine. Don't expect many conversations about movies, music, current events, or really anything besides memory allocation or lambda variable capture considerations.

4.0
Jun 11, 2015
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Pros

- Good work life balance - Good pay - Good culture

Cons

- You have to earn good work - Sometimes your work may not get that much of an attention.

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