Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II reviews

3.8

98% would recommend to a friend

(721 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

90% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer In Test SDET II employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 721 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer In Test SDET II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer In Test SDET II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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721 reviews
4.0
Oct 5, 2012
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Pros

Good working environment, lots of smart people. Good salary and benefits. Easy enough to move to different teams/divisions if you want to work on something different.

Cons

They do pretty much everything, so you might get stuck working on a less-than-exciting part of a product that no one has ever heard of. There are also too many layers of management/it's too big of a company.

4.0
Oct 2, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Depending on the team, you can be working on awesome products. Also depending on the team, people are passionate about what they do. Very smart and driven people, for the most part.

Cons

Test is often not seen as a key contributor to products, more like monkeys just there to pound on the product after the fact (fwiw this is not only at MSFT). Some people just seem to be there for a paycheck (or a visa maybe), and don't seem to really care about the product.

3.0
Oct 1, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, lots of new technology. Work with really sharp people. Giving program is great.

Cons

Starting as an industry hire, I've always worked as part of a team and it has hurt me here. While I've stepped up to do some of the grunt work for the team, I've been moved around and fail to get promoted. There's very little control over when your personal life dissappears to ship the product. Massive re-orgs can tear effective teams apart.

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