Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Software Design Engineer II?

Software Design Engineer II professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 21 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Design Engineer II Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Design Engineer II interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Software Design Engineer II employees well?

Software Design Engineer II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 21 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 16.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Design Engineer II salaries at Microsoft.

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What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6292 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5368 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4316 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4029 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2119 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1443 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1203 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 761 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 488 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 452 reviews))

Microsoft Software Design Engineer II reviews

3.9

99% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

79% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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Software Design Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Design Engineer II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Design Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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21 reviews

3.0

Jan 17, 2017

Big turn the crank company, good benefits, lacks innovation

Senior design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, middle of the road pay and bonuses, Awesome development tools

Cons

Every day is a fire drill. You must spend large part of your time advertising how good you and your work are, rather than working to make products better. Engineering seems to be more turn the crank than innovation. Surface team spends a lot of time changing its mind and redoing rather than innovating. Too much travel to China

2.0

Dec 18, 2015

Software Design Engineer II

Software design engineer ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some Microsoft Products are best in market.

Cons

In the last few years they cancelled the Annual Meeting at Safeco Field, the annual company picnic and the no-copay health insurance among others. They also got rid of SDETs (QA role)

5.0

Oct 22, 2015

One of my best employeres.

Design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people fair pay lunch was nice there were not any dumb bosses.We had these nice parties once in awhile

Cons

Anti creativity Bad manegmet Unreasonable work load Bad Greedy Mean Cruel Kindustry

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