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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (6,452 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      73% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      Software Developer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,452 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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      3.0
      Sep 6, 2012

      Depends on many factors mainly whether you like the culture or not

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1) Can get to work on various products and platform infra. 2) Very open and free environment Rest you should make up ur mind

      Cons

      Sometimes lot of processes need to be followed like any other big firm can hold you back a bit. Huge process of performance review etc can look frustrating and hard to understand.

      4.0
      Sep 5, 2012

      Mixed bag... 50% Epic, 50% Pointless

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Good compensation - Good work/life balance - Definitely get to work on interesting and fascinating things.

      Cons

      - Toxic politicized yearly review system means the focus is on individual competition rather than team collaboration. - Very difficult to find the right people to connect with to get things done, simply a matter of scale. As a result, company probably runs at 10% efficiency just due to churn and communications loss. - A lot of people have bought the kool-aid, which leads to some poor decisions.

      2.0
      Jul 10, 2012

      Mixed experience

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are some truly great people working at Microsoft. Learning from them and working with them on interesting projects cannot be undervalued. It's also a great place to intern.

      Cons

      (Mis)management. Broken review system. Processes and politics. Not the best for people who are more technical than politicians and don't want to be drawn into politics and who don't want to be competing with peers instead of doing their job and delivering great products. Oh, and you better be an SDE than an SDET because whatever they say, there are plenty of people who don't treat good test developers as well as they do product developers.

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