Microsoft Software Design Engineer In Test reviews

3.3

35% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

99% approve of CEO

99% positive business outlook

Software Design Engineer/Test employees have rated Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Design Engineer/Test professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Design Engineer/Test professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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30 reviews
3.0
Sep 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, beautiful campus, and any needed resources are easy to obtain. Everyone you work with is smart., Work life balance is obtainable.

Cons

The culture and leadership is old school and is just discovering that it is behind the times. Changes are coming in both business strategies and development practices, but management will cling to the old way enough to foil the needed changes.

4.0
May 30, 2014

test engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

super company, good working enviroment

Cons

too much work load and not flexible

3.0
Feb 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- High bar for hiring, so quality of engineering I worked with was excellent - Good benefits, especially health and generous matching for charitable giving/volunteer time. If you have a family, can't do much better than this anywhere - Moving internally is easy, so it's possible to work on varied products, ( from the OS to databases to online services to phones) which can be exciting for an engineer

Cons

- Review model is good in theory, but broken in practice. Too much politicking may lead to surprises at review time. - Mediocre middle management. Good engineers do not necessarily make good managers, and there is little coaching/mentoring in a lot of teams. - The salary is good for the Pacific NW, but rewards for performance are mediocre at best. Being a star performer is not worthwhile as the extra reward in cash/stock isn't that much more than what an average performer makes. While the management claims that the top 20% get good rewards, you really have to be in the top 5% for the extra effort to pay off - The company has too many me-too products and misses the boat too often on new ideas. Frustrating as an employee and shareholder to see this.

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