Microsoft Software Engineer reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(6,486 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,486 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
Mar 10, 2026

Security sucks

Recommend
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Pros

- No much pressure on delivering features, given that most of the time you are working on bridges. - Very high visibility, as you are always on bridges.

Cons

You are barely doing any development in reality, you spend most of your time as an SRE rather than a dev.

5.0
Mar 10, 2026

things

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

offers a strong compensation package including performance bonuses, health insurance, and retirement plans that are above industry average.

Cons

overwork stress management deadline managers

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