Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) reviews

3.8

98% would recommend to a friend

(686 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 686 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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686 reviews
2.0
Mar 15, 2010
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Pros

Good Money Good Benefits Smart and cool people everywhere Highly competitive, hard and smart work are required Good resume item you get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's life all around the world

Cons

Highly competitive, hard and smart work are required, but are not enough. You need a good manager too or else it won't matter. If you don't have one, get the hell out of there. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's life all around the world, but chances are you'll end up doing boring stuff, lots of it btw.

1.0
Mar 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Medical Benefits are the best. Transportation benefits are awesome. They have a pretty good library and subscription to all major scientific journals..

Cons

They are a H1-B dependent company. And they treat their foreign employees as sweat labor. The employees also don't complain because they are drooling for their green card. By the time they get it, they become accustomed to sweat shop life and think that is they all companies work.

2.0
Mar 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Very good benefit package: medical insurance is grate, membership in the sport club, Microsoft transportation, etc. Training classes frequently given by book authors and other famous people.

Cons

There always should be certain percentage of "bad" performers. I was leaving the company a month before the review. My manager suggested (probably it was an advice of GM) that I take a vacation otherwise they would not be able to pay me a bonus. so I did. Instead they gave me the worst performance review possible which assumes no bonus at all. I found it difficult to switch to another group as a developer from developer in test. Too many managers that are Microsoft bred. Most of them worked only in Microsoft in North America.

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