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      3.9

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (1,732 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      74% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,732 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
      3.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      Content Senior SW engineer

      Senior software engineer
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      Pros

      Impact and the ability to work on products used by millions of people.

      Cons

      Incompetence of upper management. Convoluted review system and lack of transparency in compensation. Crappy stock.

      2.0
      Dec 17, 2008

      No longer a great place to work.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Get to work on high-impact products with really smart people. There is a lot of professional development support available. Lots of training, a well-equipped training, smart people to learn from.

      Cons

      Lack of time to take the said training. Your entire year revolves around performance reviews. You think about reviews all the time. You get done with an annual review and it is suddenly time to set commitments for next year and before you know it, it is time for a mid year review and updating those commitments and then it is annual review again. in between, you have to fill out other forms related to ladder level and what not. all the time you spend on this is time spent away from doing real work. too many meetings. too many lousy managers. Too much focus on visibility and such. not enough focus on your technical abilities. Who you know counts far more than what you know.

      4.0
      Dec 17, 2008

      Microsoft. Big, solid, stable, yawn.

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a good place to start a career. The benefits are really nice. Stock options are generous. There are a lot of smart interesting people around. A lot of good caffeine in proximity. Employee discounts rock -- you can win many friends this way. There's a lot of opportunity for advancement quickly if you're an overachiever type.

      Cons

      The stock is flat. The weather in Seattle is generally lousy. The future of the company is not as rosy as the past. The traffic in the area is lousy during commute times. There is a general lack of innovation from the newer guys. They expect everything to come from a book.

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