Microsoft Software Development Enginner-|| reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(798 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

56% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Software Development Enginner || employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 798 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Enginner || professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Enginner || professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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798 reviews
3.0
Dec 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great enterprise culture and nice colleagues. comfortable working environment and don't have too much stress of work.

Cons

the salaries of Chinese employee who works in Beijing is lower than employee who works in US so much, especially for vendor staff.

5.0
Nov 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I worked with creative, intelligent, passionate people. The environment was supportive, giving me all the resources I needed. Everyone was generous with their time and knowledge.

Cons

The company's products are driven by the marketing departments. If marketing thinks the customers want something, then resources are dedicated to it. If marketing doesn't think customers are clamoring for something, it is actively resisted, because you get no rewards for creating features that marketing doesn't want. This means that innovation and creativity are inherently locked out of product development, because by their nature new ideas aren't yet being asked for by customers. It's foolish and short-sighted by utterly entrenched and every kind of compensation reinforces this policy.

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