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      Microsoft Lead Software Development Engineer reviews

      4.0

      99% would recommend to a friend

      (54 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      99% approve of CEO

      99% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      Software Development Engineer Lead employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer Lead professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer Lead professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      54 reviews
      3.0
      Jun 2, 2008

      Approach with caution

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

      Pros

      Excellent place to learn, almost anything is possible if you have the right social and technical skills. Great place to get experience and learn new things. Any idea can be developed into a usable product regardless of who you are. Great medical benefits and on campus services for working parents. Great open door policy. Great flex work- as long as you do the time. Great benefits. High expectations of results are equal for everyone. Nearly no red tape to get your work done, endless resources and access to information. Mostly very excellent people to work with, great open work environment.

      Cons

      Highly competitive, high stress, crushing politics, low incidence of women and minorities, gender and minority wage gap a problem. Recognition for results lacking. Who you know can get you farther than results.

      4.0
      May 21, 2008

      Time to wake up Microsoft!

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

      Pros

      - Excellent benefit package with one of the best health care plans - Work life balance is valued highly - Opportunity to work in a wide vareity of product groups focussed on cutting edge technologies - Great location (Seattle, Bellevue, Sammamish) to live and raise a family

      Cons

      - Large organisation and politically saavy employees find it easier to scale the promotion ladder - Underdog in some of the hottest technologies like services and mobile phone technolgy

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