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
5.0
Nov 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great technology company, lots of users, high impact work, love my coworkers. The technologies empower people and change the world.

Cons

Not an easy job, changes impact millions of users which can sometimes be very stressful and impact work life balance.

4.0
Nov 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, good benefits. People you'll work with are generally smart and qualified. The work is typically challenging. You can expect that your immediate boss can do your job better than you can. Some departments like server are very diverse, with tons of people from all over the world. Pretty short on African Americans, like every other tech company. Not a woman, so I can't comment directly, but based on my observations and conversations with women devs, "brogrammer" culture is not tolerated. Company is currently in the midst of overhauling its engineering processes. That may net out to a plus or it may not.

Cons

Company is struggling to regain a position of leadership in a number of area. They just laid off a bunch of really good people because the Board wanted to jump the stock price. The old review model completely sucked. They've tried to address this but the jury is still out. The management hierarchy is too steep with two many personal fiefdoms. They are trying to flatten it, but the jury is still out. The long term future of the company remains doubtful.

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