Microsoft Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,734 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

74% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,734 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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2K reviews
4.0
Oct 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work ethic Investing in career development Working on cool projects

Cons

Voice not always heard Not much flexibly to ship projects based on your own ideas Lock down in Microsoft stack

2.0
Oct 12, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits; opportunities to work on products that affect millions of users; smart co-workers.

Cons

Curve-based review system (stack ranking) causes a lot of politics as people seek protection by kissing up to manager buddies; people withhold the info you need to do your job; people stab you in the back; causes stress and anxiety that interferes with work; distracts employees from pleasing the customer, pushes them to do internal show-off projects. Poor management decisions resulted in embarassing product failures that have tarnished the company's reputation. Stock has not moved much for a long time.

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