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
4.0
Jun 26, 2015
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance Nice, smart people There are many teams you can transfer if you want to learn new things. Huge user base for products Nice campus.

Cons

Career move is slow the company is huge, so it is not easy to turn direction Old or Microsoft-only technology Legacy enterprise product

3.0
Jun 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Very technical -Needs quick and deep understanding of the various components in the pipeline -competition is fierce, so is personal development

Cons

-Oncalls are a pain especially if your component is the backbone or infra on which other components are built

2.0
Jun 23, 2015

So so

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. compensation is relatively good 2. work-life balance 3. private office

Cons

1. unhealthy managers vs engineers proportion 2. a lot of managers do not have technical background 3. micromanagement 4. slow business processes 5. msft technologies stack (a lot of outdated approaches)

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