Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(384 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

84% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 384 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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384 reviews
2.0
Apr 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

High scale projects Products used by millions of people. Cutting edge technologies

Cons

Isolated from rest of the world Technologies used only by Microsoft and no correspondence from outside Applying waterfall in the name of Agile Backstabbing by peers because of the stack ranking Solid hierarchy, not letting people to speak up their ideas Very harsh politics, not letting best ideas/brilliant people to win

4.0
Mar 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is a good work life balance. Lots of opportunity for advancement (at least in the lower levels) Since it is a big company, there are a lot of teams to choose from if you want to transfer

Cons

There have been a lot of painful reorgs. Perks of being in a location that is not HQ is limited. Technology is not the newest or most exciting in some teams

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