Microsoft Software Development Engineer reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(825 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

57% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer, employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 825 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer, professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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825 reviews
3.0
Oct 29, 2015

MS

Recommend
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Pros

In most of the divisions, its about the work life balance.

Cons

In my division, there's no balance. I've worked in other division as well and it was lot better in terms of the balance and the planning done by the management, way better.

5.0
Oct 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Very interesting and challenging tasks if you join the right team - Smart colleagues - Microsoft cares about its employees (health, dental, 401k, stocks) - Good work/life balance - Hackathons

Cons

- NO FREE FOOD! it sucks... - You won't get the latest Mac Book Pro and iPhone when join - To get promoted you often should be a fried of your manager - Comparatively low compensation - Might get some routine boring tasks if you are not in the right team, though you can switch them pretty easily

5.0
Oct 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great working environment, loads of really smart people, and the work is really interesting. I always thought Microsoft was this evil company growing up, but it is certainly not that way at all.

Cons

Although PMs are really important and contribute a ton to our product, sometimes I feel like there are too many.

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