Microsoft Software Developer II reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,095 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

75% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Software Developer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,095 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
Jun 19, 2025
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Pros

- Good insurance - Beautiful campus and perks - Well structured/established company

Cons

- AI expense is too large - Employees are fearful getting laid off and frequent reorg - Layoff is irrelevant to performance - No free lunch - A opportunity is limited. It's a PM driven and top-down - Low annual stock compensation compared to peer big tech companies - Security device is a headache. Very slow to work with but the admin refuse to replace my 4+ old workstation due to the budget reason - Starting this year, your performance is compared strictly with peers. No longer. Engineers are getting stress out to increase the number of code review count and pull requests - Promo is politic. you have to convince other people like PM and staff engineer. make them like you regardless the complexity of project and impact

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