Microsoft Software Development Engineer 2 reviews

3.9

81% would recommend to a friend

(282 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer 2 employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 282 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer 2 professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer 2 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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282 reviews
1.0
Oct 27, 2025

Culture getting worse

Recommend
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Pros

Free food, Nice campus, Good projects

Cons

Bad people, bad culture, no money, late nights, no recognition, very unstable

4.0
Oct 23, 2025

Slow Growth in some teams

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great WLB, Great Culture, Good food

Cons

Career growth could be slow in some teams.

4.0
Oct 14, 2025

SWE 2

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good compensation, though not the highest in the industry. A nice work life balance, and the ability to innovate within your role. Rewards and progression is completely performance based.

Cons

The work isn't the most exciting, and it's easy to be a cog in the machine if you don't fight for more. Layoffs have been hitting the company hard, and it seems like there is a real push to make changes for the sake of making changes rather than because of any empirical data driven metrics (or at least none that have been shared with employees).

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