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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
      3.0
      Dec 8, 2014

      Decent place with layers of bureaucracy

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Things are changing, Microsoft is slow but steady and hopefully it will be good, Great perks

      Cons

      a great man said that bureaucracy as a pace where as when work is considered done when you put it in someone else's plate. Nothing describes it better :) for microsoft Perks are coming down.

      2.0
      Nov 30, 2014

      Watch your back

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good health benefits are available for everyone at Microsoft. In the Seattle/Redmond area you get a health club membership, or can opt for $800/year in reimbursed expenses. Need a new bicycle to workout? Use it for that. Microsoft has been good on resumes for getting interviews at my new company, however most experience Microsoft engineers fail their interview because the work at Microsoft doesn't prepare them well to get hired outside. You have to do that yourself.

      Cons

      Your work at Microsoft prepares you to do your job at Microsoft, not a lot on the outside. Every year someone would get the bad annual review, which meant everybody is on edge for the rest of the year. What does that mean? Their is incentive for your coworkers to stab you in the back. Managers don't know much about your daily work, so presentation skills are vital to get the visibility you need to survive. No matter how much Microsoft wants you to have work-life balance, everyone ends up sacrificing it due to the threat of a bad review. That doesn't mean your boss wants to skewer you (he/she might; different story), it means everything is tinged with internal competition. Internal competition is more important than external, because the customers won't fire you, but your boss will.

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