Microsoft Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,735 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,735 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Sep 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Enough smart people to learn from. Lots of interesting projects to choose from. Decent work-life balance and flexible schedule. Good for building career in long-term.

Cons

Some (but not all) managers have poor technical expertise. Most managers never code and never look at code. Lots of politics and shady agreements between managers that surface up later in surprising ways. Many projects move relatively slow, with some exceptions. Some people moving from team to team leaving subpar quality behind them.

4.0
Sep 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you work really hard and make the right people like you, you might be one of the lucky few who get selected for BENCH/HiPo/Lab365, which is the fast-track to promotions, bonuses, and raises. Even if you don't, compensation is still pretty good.

Cons

Working with other departments (e.g. Windows, Office, Exchange, etc.) is an absolute nightmare. Most cross-department coordination engineering meetings tend to end in rage, tears, or near-bloodshed. BENCH/HiPo/Lab365 status is the only way for compensation to be truly competitive with other top-tier companies like Google and Facebook.

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