Microsoft Software Engineer I/II reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(1,072 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Software Engineer I/II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,072 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer I/II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer I/II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
Mar 20, 2025

Good place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Good pay and benefits * Good work life balance

Cons

* Few teams won't have good quality work

2.0
Mar 19, 2025

Old giant company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits flexible work time flexible work location Famous

Cons

Low pay Peanut bonus High pressure work load (70 hours a week) Trash code base (older than my age) Bugs everywhere, no new features totally, only fix bugs and incidents. Heavy oncall pressure. Trash product No learning documents, knowledge is handed or learned by asking colleagues. Reorgs really often

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