Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,427 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,427 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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5.0
Nov 7, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The Office Division probably has the best work/life balance of any division at Microsoft.

Cons

It's really difficult to change culture or innovate processes. While they have been revamping their entire engineering process lately, there's still a lot of work to do.

4.0
Nov 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great management, plenty of high impact projects, lots of career opportunities, plenty of opportunities to do garage projects

Cons

Can be hard to get visibility in some orgs, layoffs can be very unsettling especially on a work visa

4.0
Nov 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I've been working at Microsoft for 6 months as a new grad. Microsoft is an awesome place to start your career.

Cons

Hard to pretend that my work is meaningful

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