Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,093 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

75% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,093 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jun 12, 2018
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Pros

Microsoft as a company offers one of the best in class perks like 1. Employee stock plan - every quarter you can buy stocks at 10% discount 2. INR 100 food subsidy per day 3. Free AC buses 4. Large campus and lots of play area - Pool Table, TT Table, Chess, Carrom etc.

Cons

This is specific to MSIT->Professional Services aka CFE Department 1. Worst Quality of Code i have ever seen in my entire career. 2. Extremely unstructured work environment, no guidance or clarity of role. 3. Outdated, Obsolete and Legacy technologies used 4. Too much focus on only microsoft technologies, Managers/Architects(Namesake) do not care about anything outside microsoft. 5. lot of Politics and bootlicking 6. For level 62 and beyond very tough to survive beyond 2 years. Hire and Fire Policy 7. Rather than focussing on Improving the code quality and all the folks are interested only in creating Impact (sick and tired of this word IMPACT) 8. Engineering Leads - it's a shame to call them engineers

4.0
Jun 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Microsoft is so big and you can move around until you find the right team for you. Your experience at that point really just depends on the team you are in.

Cons

On most teams I noticed that there is only one of two ways to get promoted: 1- advertise yourself as much as you can and blow your own horn 2- stay on a team long enough that it will look bad if your manager doesn't promote you You can't just quietly do your work and work harder in order to get promoted. Unless you ask your manager for a promotion, you won't get one or even be considered for one.

4.0
May 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Compensation/Benefits; being surrounded by highly motivated, intelligent, diverse and capable people; large-enterprise corporate infrastructure to support a broad and diverse set of employees; fast pace; challenging and rewarding work.

Cons

You are a piece in a very large machine of operations ... it can be difficult to see outside your ‘silo’. Occasionally, projects and tasks are prioritized for the benefit of management and/or visibility/exposure vs. having significant impact.

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