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
1.0
Oct 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Smart people all around and good location

Cons

No work/life balance. If you do not belong to a certain culture, you will not be hired, or they will push you out if you are already in. It's become a very racist toxic environment Doing your job very well is not enough anymore.

4.0
Oct 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the brightest people in the industry. Competitive benefits package. Excellent support for employee charitable giving. Ability to truly change the world in software.

Cons

Hostile inter-group relations. A lot of finger-pointing to find fault. Loss of continuity on support and maintenance of core shared libraries and technologies when those technologies are considered "outdated" and "no longer sexy".

4.0
Oct 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Freedom of inner transfer. As a new hire, you can even be allowed to change groups.

Cons

I'm not in HQ but China. There seems to be something unclear coming to cooperation across countries. Documents in the company are not so good. Resources are divided differently among different departments.

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