Microsoft Senior Software Engineer (Development Lead) reviews

4.7

93% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

100% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Senior Software Engineer (Development Lead) employees have rated Microsoft with 4.7 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Engineer (Development Lead) professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated 22% above average by Senior Software Engineer (Development Lead) professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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23 reviews
4.0
Nov 22, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, talented and engaged colleagues. Much inspiration about new technologies. Focus on developing people and processes. Good influence on work life balance.

Cons

More room for innovation needed. Sometimes the view of the world is too narrow focused on Microsoft and forgets the world interoperating with the products.

4.0
Oct 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company really values top talent. if you are smart and driven to prove it YOU WILL BE REWARDED! So many intangibles Microsoft employee discounts, many cafeterias on campus, etc.

Cons

Health insurance used to be top notch now it pretty much isn't. Extremely political.

4.0
Oct 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyday is a new learning at work. The people around, especially the individual contributors, are mostly very smart and there is hardly any day when you don't feel like you are not being challenged.

Cons

Leadership can sometimes hold you back. Too many people who have been here for a really long time are occupying positions in middle management without making much of a difference to the product/people. Many of these people are too rigid to change and are opposed to any semblance of a change. This is usually the source of slower innovation. I am however optimistic with the arrival of Satya though. He is making the right noises and backing it up with some sound decisions.

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