Microsoft Software Design Engineer In Test reviews

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

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
Feb 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company store, which you probably won't use for your-self, but your friends and relatives would love to take this advantage. Only if you have charismatic leader go there.

Cons

it WAS awesome place to work before ~2010. company is struggling now. competition, economy, and poor upper management leadership you may never make a good career there. if your team would have 20 members and all would be Nobel Prize geniuses, they all would get "average" on yearly calibration/review, they would never get promotion. To be "strong" you'll need to prove that you over-performed others. Stack options are insulting. Medical benefits WAS awesome before 2012. Now, if you have family, you have to pay $6500 before insurance start covering 100%. If you want to ruin your careers join MS, work 20 years, and get layoff with almost same level as you started. SICK company. Big layoffs, reforms, and reorganizations are upfront, otherwise it won't survive.

4.0
Jan 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ton of smart people, competitive pay and benefits, tenacious. Unique among other tech giants in terms of charity and giving back through giving campaign and employee matching program.

Cons

Layers of middle managers and bureaucracy, makes getting things done hard at times. Review system is designed for internal competition, which can be detrimental for the company and product.

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