Microsoft Software Development Engineer (SDE) II reviews

4.1

83% would recommend to a friend

(935 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

86% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer (SDE II) employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 935 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer (SDE II) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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935 reviews
3.0
Sep 24, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay given that it is in Seattle which is much cheaper to live than SF. Average benefits. Very good work/life balance from what I observe.

Cons

Very political. Management knows little about the technologies but keeps override technical decisions made by people who actually know them. For personal growth, I definitely learnt a lot about politics, but my technical ability might be even worse than I just left college.

4.0
Sep 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Training, very good technical skills. Large scale products and impacts. Working with smart people really makes you feel smooth and challenged enough. And work/life balance is fairly good compare other tech companies.

Cons

Getting too much emphasis on so called "visibility", more politics than average tech companies. And the technology is gradually "isolated" from the industry that puts more and more resources on open source.

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