Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(1,089 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

76% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,089 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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5.0
Aug 29, 2015

Excellent workplace

Recommend
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Pros

Excellent Benefits Great Culture Motivated Career Growth Millions of areas to work on

Cons

Politics Old way of thinking Difficult to adapt new technologies

4.0
Aug 19, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good work-life balance (at least most of the time), while there are a lot of bureaucracy, the company and the managers do care about the company image, they usually won't do or say anything that would outright be considered evil and outrageous (unlike Amazon).

Cons

Stack ranking is still here even though they no longer advertise it (there is no more bucket 1-5 or 20 70 10). Feel like company is lack of directions. Products/feature designs are not focused. Brand name is not very hot, they are turning around a little bit (but is it enough?) Senior management only cares about short term gain and lack of any kind of visions. CEO cares more about cost cutting than solving problem or innovating.

5.0
Aug 17, 2015
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Pros

Great company to work for. Great benefits; lots of flexibility; lots of interesting projects; good pay; Good life/work balance......

Cons

Too much middle management Too much politics

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