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
2.0
Oct 4, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits (until 2012) Smart engineers Name recognition

Cons

Highly, highly political environment - your career depends on who you know, self-promotion, and your relationship with your boss. People overwhelming prefer electronic versus physical interaction - leads to a sterile and silo'ed environment. Kool-aid drunk employees, often don't know what's going on outside of Microsoft.

4.0
Sep 28, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

New Base Salaries around 100k New SDET focus on coding opportunity to write our own tools Finally, a team that pushes for work/life/balance New manager is awesome and further shows the within Microsoft you can have great and horrible experiences pending who you report to Some of the top engineers in the world work here

Cons

Was stuck with a manager for several years that stagnated my growth Commonsense dies the further you go up the management chain 2-4th tier managers do not think about hte bottom line and manage information up We're to Top Down and stifle IC innovation to much email and at all hours To little in person communication A lot of push on opinions without open mindedness to change or alternative options. "what my manager says, I do."

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