Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(384 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 384 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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384 reviews
3.0
Sep 30, 2014

COE

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of interesting features to design and implement

Cons

Stack ranking functions just like high school clique.

2.0
Sep 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is so much to learn from working at Microsoft. I became a much better employee both technically and professionally because of my experience. Very nice work environment including private offices which are becoming more and more rare. Looks great on your resume.

Cons

The culture is caustic. Stack ranking encourages managers to find fault and assume wrongdoing where none was intended and no harm occurred. Some managers retain underperforming employees on staff in order to avoid having to give valuable employees a poor annual rating. There is very little room for innovation - most work at Microsoft is an attempt to copy the success of others. This makes work unfulfilling.

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