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
5.0
Mar 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Innovative software across a variety of areas, Competitive Benefits package, Lots of opportunities to advance in ones Career, Plenty of Variety of options to work

Cons

Competitive, especially with peers, due to a highly charged review system that pits you against your coworkers to try and squeeze out the next promotion or bonus.

1.0
Feb 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing good seemed to ever happen at Microsoft IT. Since IT is considered a service division that supports the profit making business units. Most buildings are not even on the main corporate campus. The Pros is that you get easier parking. Not a big deal.

Cons

I worked at Microsoft IT for 5 years. It started well with a good manager and ended with 2 bad managers. Just like other positions at Microsoft, managers matter a lot. I talked to other engineers at product groups like Windows and Office. Their culture seemed to be more engineering and technical focused than playing games and politics. There is politics at every workplace. Microsoft IT seemed to get it the most. My review was heavily affected by if other engineers liked my personality rather than liked my engineering contribution. Who decided that? The ranking system dictated by the managers.

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