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      3.8

      98% would recommend to a friend

      (398 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      90% approve of CEO

      86% positive business outlook

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      Software Design Engineer In Test employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 398 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Design Engineer In Test professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Design Engineer In Test professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      398 reviews
      2.0
      Mar 29, 2009

      Microsoft does not excite me anymore.

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      Pros

      The access to a huge amount of resources (smart people, software, training, etc.). The benefits are good as well. Full coverage on health and dental benefits. Free juice, pop, and other beverages. There is a lot of history at the company and a chance to make a huge impact witih the hands on jobs. This is something to be proud about.

      Cons

      The work life balance is horrible. There is an unending amount of work to be completed and not enough time to comple it all. This is very stressful. I was recruited and told that I would be given a company mentor and not just a mentor on my team. This along with other promises went unfulfilled.

      4.0
      Feb 20, 2009

      Not such a bad place

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
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      Pros

      The technical people here are exceptional. I've worked with leaders and pioneers in my field much earlier in my career than I could have hoped to. I also like the breadth of products that Microsoft builds, so the freedom to move from product to product as my career grows is valuable to me. My coworkers across the company are also a great resource - I've learned a lot about several Microsoft products in great depth thanks to help from my coworkers. The perks are also great - free health care, a great gym membership, lots of paid time off, and of course living in the pacific northwest.

      Cons

      The work life balance is totally random. Some weeks/months I'll be able to do whatever I want, but some months I'll work 80+ hour weeks a few weeks in a row. Management attempts to fix this, but I've seen the pattern of poor planning saved by last minute heroics a few times now. We also have a tendency to get out of touch with reality. Not everyone in the real world has a quad core computer with 8GB of RAM and fast internet at home, but we get lulled into making that assumption because everyone we know here has all that stuff.

      4.0
      Feb 10, 2009

      Good place to work

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
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      Pros

      Working with new technology. Learning how to do engineering at a large scale. Also it opens a lot of doors for future employment. Very flexible with hours. Very much about getting quality work done and not caring about how long it take to get that work done. So that can be good or bad depending on how you work.

      Cons

      It is a huge company, you need to compete to stand out. But as long as you are willing to work hard it should be ok. There is some inter team compition for rewards, on my teams it was healthy but I know on some other teams that kind of dynamic caused problems.

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