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      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

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      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Compensation and benefits

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      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
      Aug 28, 2009

      Great For Type A Leaders, awful for engineers who want to just be engineers

      Software development engineer in test (sdet) ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great health plan and other perks, you get to work on very high profile projects, flexible working hours (somewhat), great company store

      Cons

      Lose your soul, non-aggressive people are pummeled to a pulp, risk losing your family, risk losing your mental health, suprisingly large number of my peers are on depression and/or anxiety meds caused by work stress. My psychiatrist noted an enormous portion of her clients are from Microsoft and she has become quite familiar with the issues.

      4.0
      Aug 19, 2009

      A better place to work than you've heard

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Extremely good benefits Access to internal resources for help and technology and future software versions Lots of career development directions and options Can transfer internally to wide variety of teams working on different products (sort of like a job change, but without losing your seniority) Capable management and excellent financial and competitive position keeps company solid

      Cons

      Low level management communication and leadership ablitlity can vary a lot from team to team Company can be erratic about the investments it makes - projects or teams can be aquired or developed and then cancelled with limited concern for the investment or the people involved Can seem big/impersonal at times

      4.0
      Aug 6, 2009

      Some cool products, but they're getting lost in the fact that this is a huge company.

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are some really cool technologies to work on, and generally a very casual atmosphere. Also, for now, the pop is still free.

      Cons

      Product leadership can often lost sight of the fact that they own a cool technology and that we're trying to ship it, leading to directionless and mired down product cycles. Sometimes it seems like there are processes created for the sake of creating processes, not to any useful end.

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