Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(383 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

84% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 383 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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383 reviews
2.0
Jan 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Microsoft has an outstanding benefits package, and generally respects a clear work/live boundary. There is also generally a lot of support in terms of tools and infrastructure.

Cons

The Microsoft development cycle is painfully slow. Organizational changes happen quite often, so engineers are at a disadvantage when it comes to providing support and/or documentation for their software. The culture seems to have embraced this, rather than creating incentives for collaboration and ownership.

3.0
Jan 13, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Access to cutting edge technology Many ways to move horizontally Good benefits Smart people

Cons

Review system is broken: %20 percent of all employees must get a 4 or 5 (on a scale of 1=best, 5=worst) on their yearly review, regardless of accomplishments Not nearly enough advertising for consumer products 100% health care coverage is going away Way too many meetings

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