Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Senior Software Development Engineer?

Senior Software Development Engineer professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.3 out of 5 stars in 318 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Development Engineer Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Development Engineer interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Senior Software Development Engineer employees well?

Senior Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 318 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 14.3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Development Engineer salaries at Microsoft.

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What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6288 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5377 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4353 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4064 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2119 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1456 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1179 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 759 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 481 reviews)); "Too much politics and exchange of favors rather then meritocracy seriously affect the possibilities to grow and develop inside the company." ((in 315 reviews))

Microsoft Senior Software Development Engineer reviews

4.3

98% would recommend to a friend

(318 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

99% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

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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 19, 2011

Overall very positive

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Lots of products to choose from covering all areas of computer science. 2. Amazingly tech savvy colleagues. 3. Great salary and benefits.

Cons

Slowing growth potential. Low stock price.

2.0

Sep 16, 2011

Good ICs to work with, terrible politics at management

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Many ICs are very technical and good to work with - Can learn immensely on the job about good software development

Cons

- Wrt career progress/reviews, its not what you do that matters, its who you know - Very political management. Stress is not due to work but due to politics at work - Heavy favoritism towards certain employees - Too many processes for simple things

5.0

Sep 10, 2011

good place

Senior software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

regardless of whatever people says it is still a good place. google and msft today (2011) are essentially same. msft may be more flexible.

Cons

not a startup, big company, like any other, probably better than most

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