Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,426 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 6,426 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
5.0
Jul 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is best here. Have the choice to work on focus area. Not so political in decisions.

Cons

Not so many opportunities to promotion. Company is too big to use cut-edge technologies

4.0
Jul 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Plenty of opportunities for personal growth - Good salary and benefits - Good work-life balance - High-impact work

Cons

- Heavy and slow processes - Is located near Seattle, WA, which a fairly remote place (depending on where you come from). Not necessarily a problem for everybody, but it is for me. - Area is clogged and gentrified (expensive cost of life)

5.0
Jul 13, 2015

Software Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Super diverse, working on big impact project, like the Microsoft Culture very much: Learner, challenger mindset and be innovative

Cons

Redmond centric, some positions need to be on call

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