Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,456 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,456 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
May 27, 2013

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Pros

With so many technologies across so many verticals, there are some problems that only Microsoft can solve. There are many smart people there.

Cons

Hubris, nepotism and stack ranking has caused a massive brain drain. The company is out of touch with the marketplace. Lack of innovation (that customers care about) in the core businesses means that Windows and Office are causing sales to trend down. As customers find new alternatives this will accelerate.

5.0
May 7, 2013
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Pros

Great pay and benefits, even straight out of college Flexible hours Good people Interesting and innovative products

Cons

This isn't a 9 to 5: expect to work around 60 hours per week, at least Stack ranking for performance reviews

4.0
Apr 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Always someone to learn from. Full source code access to windows. There is always some team around that is working on cool new projects.

Cons

Stack and rank, pits you against your coworkers for promotions leads to infighting. Also a lot of kingdom building.

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