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      Microsoft Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (408 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      80% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Senior management

      Principal Software Development Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 408 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Software Development Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      408 reviews
      4.0
      Jun 16, 2008

      View from the field

      Principal consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are outstanding, pay is adequate, but the cache is pretty good.

      Cons

      Sr. Leadership is clueless, they don't have any idea how to take this company to the next level.

      5.0
      Jun 10, 2008

      Can one company be totally awesome and at the same time absolutely suck? Yeap. Microsoft.

      Principal software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * You get a chance to work on things that A LOT of people will use. You get to use new technologies and learn new things. * Work/Life balace is VERY important and people take it very seriously. While there is sometimes crunch time, almost nobody looks at you funny for wanting to go home and be with your family. * I have found that excellence is HIGHLY rewarded and that management - from direct to upper really try to show you they appreciate you. * While it has it's down-side, the quality that you ship is amazing - due to the insane amount of testing, integration periods etc.

      Cons

      * We created Vista. * Microsoft is not sexy. Whe we try to be sexy, it usually comes out retarded. We create as-high or higher quality products, overall, as other companies, but we are too business oriented and not enough consumer oriented. * Our greatest advantage is also our disadvantage - the amount of legacy we have may give us an edge in some markets, but it also bogs us down when it comes to innovating. * We give in to various organizations where we should be more keyed towards being pro-consumer. This has to do with DRM and other things which we spend way too much money and time on. * We are slow to react when our company is in the lead. This costs us time and time again.

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