Microsoft Senior Software Development Engineer reviews

4.3

98% would recommend to a friend

(318 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

99% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

Senior Software Development Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 318 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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318 reviews
4.0
Sep 10, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, great pay, awesome campus facilities and really smart coworkers. You work at a company which is one of the top 3-4 technology firms in the world. There is pride in that. I also like how the company evolves its benefits to care for its employees' needs. For an engineer there are opportunities to work across the stack from productivity software, cloud, gaming to operating systems. The company cares about work/life balance.

Cons

Managers - I have had 2 bad managers out of 3 total. They don't promote the right people into people management roles which is a bummer since it ruins your experience of working at the company. I don't think this is fixable at this stage since the rot has set in.

3.0
Sep 7, 2015

SDE

Recommend
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Pros

Good internal training resource, education reimbursement, and benefits. Generally good job mobility across groups. Flexible work hours, able to work from home (varies by group/position)

Cons

Review system is still flawed. Bonus structure is no longer transparent. Health insurance is not what it used to be. At certain job level boundaries, it is easier to level externally than internally. If you're there for more than 3-5 years, you're doing something wrong.

4.0
Sep 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Really good benefits compared to other companies I have worked for.

Cons

People don't seem very friendly. They don't smile at you or acknowledge you when you walk by.

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