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
Aug 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to work on almost anything you love. Pay is good, benefits too (though shrinking). Tons of resources to apply to any tough, interesting problem.

Cons

It takes a long time to get things done, many meetings, and multiple rounds of management reviews and approval and a lot of status writing. Benefits are shrinking, but still good. Microsoft isn't the 800 pound gorilla anymore, it's the middle-aged gorilla with a beer gut.

3.0
Aug 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They really take good care of you. Work life balance is great for a tech job, they care about your health and well being and take your feedback seriously.

Cons

Lousy management. They have no focus or direction at all and are too concerned with raw numbers and quarterly results instead of company direction or quality. Things look like they are improving under Satya N. but it is difficult to undo so many years of mismanagement quickly. Their assessment process is terrible: they rely on numbers, e.g. number of tests, lines of code instead of what those numbers represent.

4.0
Aug 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

stability, good work life balance, depending on which team you work on you can get to work on interesting stuff.

Cons

the review system is a mess. you need to spend a lot of time telling people about the work you have done in order to be rewarded. the salary is somewhat lower than industry average in Seattle area.

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