Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Software Development Enginner-||?

Software Development Enginner-|| professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 798 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Enginner-|| Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Enginner-|| interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Software Development Enginner-|| employees well?

Software Development Enginner-|| professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 798 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Enginner-|| salaries at Microsoft.

How happy are Software Development Enginner-|| professionals working at Microsoft?

74% of Software Development Enginner-|| employees at Microsoft would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 23% in the past 12 months. Software Development Enginner-|| professionals have also rated Microsoft with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.3 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Microsoft?

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What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6338 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5409 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4321 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4064 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2094 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1440 reviews)); "Bad management and usually late deadlines but it was ok" ((in 1194 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 775 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 483 reviews)); "Too much politics and exchange of favors rather then meritocracy seriously affect the possibilities to grow and develop inside the company." ((in 319 reviews))

Microsoft Software Development Enginner-|| reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(798 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

56% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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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

Jun 11, 2014

Great, but...

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, Redmond campus has some great places to work, always a ton of interesting problems to solve, impact on computing, software development and most anyone who uses a computer hard to overstate.

Cons

Huge company, not even a company really, a ton of smaller companies that don't always work well together. Huge products like Windows, Office, etc. can stop innovation that might lead to competition. Many larger groups are run top down and giving feedback can be difficult, especially around arbitrary technical decisions.

5.0

Jun 4, 2014

Good memory

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

salary is good. abundant of resource. co-works are friendly knowing lots of talents and having fun on discussion and co-work with them. good place to learn and grow.

Cons

over loaded and overwork in midnight, bad in communication between departments. hard to find balance of live and qualify of living

4.0

Jun 1, 2014

Great place to work except MSIT, Hyderabad. Horrible managers, favoritism and no appreciation for employee efforts/time.

Software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Microsoft is amazing when it comes to career growth and work life balance. Variety of domains to work on. Just great.

Cons

MSIT division in Hyderabad is terrible for geek people. Managers show favoritsm and hold personal grudges. Less value is given to employees of MSIT by employees from any other division. Some managers are 'tharkis' and hire many pretty girls with zero tech knowledge. Good looking females and beer buddies usually get better performance review than geeks (How sad!) No variety in technology except .NET. Few years in MSIT and you would be considered useless in any other tech company.

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