Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,391 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,391 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
3.0
Feb 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

a lot of teams you could choose to jump if needed, though not many openings in the past 2 years

Cons

if you dropped to bottom 10% of performance, you are done. Unlike the years before 2009, they will cut off those guys

3.0
Jan 9, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay Benefits Work enviroment Get to work on the latest technology

Cons

Majority of software employees are socially retarded Too many Indian visa workers Weather in Seattle sucks

4.0
Dec 29, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, diversity of business unit allows one to move from group to group experiencing different culture without leaving the company

Cons

Upward mobility is sometimes hard if the group is large with a lot of senior engineers.

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