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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Jan 4, 2016

Great place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, smart people and good work-life balance. Investments in the right direction.

Cons

Last generation software dev methodologies which reduce speed (putting work in improving). Tribal knowledge without good documentation.

4.0
Dec 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to transform the world - the scale at which things happen here and the possibility of affecting millions of people is only possible in a handful of companies

Cons

Incompetent middle management that has lost touch with the ground level ICs. Lots of money to throw around on bad PM ideas (supporting those ideas instead of culling at a initial level itself). means bad designs and that often doesnt work well end to end.

4.0
Nov 12, 2015

Great place to work!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

One can implement all their ideas and change teams as often as wanted\needed to explore new things.

Cons

There will be always some politics at upper levels.

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