Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(6,435 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,435 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Aug 15, 2016

Microsoft

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great exposure to the real software development cycle. Great tools, buildings, food etc. working for a large corporation

Cons

The group I worked in was very competitive internally. I did not find that I liked the stack ranking system very much as it fostered a spirit of working against your coworkers, instead of with them.

3.0
Aug 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good not to be undermined. Management is awesome.

Cons

Large company no room for improvement. Can be hasty

3.0
Aug 2, 2016

sde ii

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and salary are above the average. Flexibility work from home or at different times. Lots of resources: training, equipment, books, digital libraries, etc. Some nice perks in London office

Cons

Slow career progression, still still based on individual performance and visibility, which leads to Very competitive colleagues (forget teamwork) Managers, managers, managers... heavily focus on command / control hierarchy Lots of in house tools and technologies. Takes a while to master and isn't useful anywhere else...

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