Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) reviews

3.8

98% would recommend to a friend

(685 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

90% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer In Test SDET employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 685 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer In Test SDET 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 professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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685 reviews
4.0
Mar 21, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Staff, Compensation (salary, stocks, bonus) , health/medical/ins, 401, work environment, work schedule, dress code.

Cons

Management, Review system, head to head competition in team work env. Microsoft really need to think about review process specially evaluating Sr. employees. MS spends a lot of resources to take him to the Sr. level and then spent very few resources to help/find appropriate feet for U/10 employee. Even in all review guides said "5" is not a label, it is label for sure that practiced in every team in MS. To me this very neglected way to manage your assets. Talking to MS employees I found that lying is pretty common among management.

4.0
Mar 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company, Good work-life balance, competitive benefits and salaries. Company has a great culture of GIVING to the community.

Cons

Annual performance review is based on relative rating with your peers within your team and with your other peers across the teams. Since it is relative and the performance curve is forced, some % of people have to fall in all the buckets of rating(1,2,3,4,5). Due to this, peers don't help each other much which results in lack of team collaboration.

3.0
Mar 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Secure job (Microsoft is not going away anytime soon!) Good pay and benefits Smart peers Relatively flexible hours that can include working remotely when you need to

Cons

Review system is a set-in-stone curve, pitting people against each other instead of encouraging collaborative work. Poor leadership at higher levels trickles down Constant high-pressure environment wears employees down in the long term

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