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      Microsoft Software Design Engineer In Test II reviews

      3.9

      8% would recommend to a friend

      (66 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      8% approve of CEO

      17% positive business outlook

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      Software Design Engineer Test II employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 66 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Design Engineer Test II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Design Engineer Test II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      66 reviews
      1.0
      Jan 9, 2016

      Management have their favourites and aren't even subtle about it

      Tester
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Amazing offices and picturesque location in the middle of a scenic business park. Some decent colleagues.

      Cons

      Management team have their favourites and if you aren't one of them, they make it obvious to everyone. But like being at school and trying to get in with the crowd. They work you so, so hard and even then it's not appreciated. The culture makes everyone too competitive

      3.0
      Nov 3, 2015

      Software Test Engineer I

      Software test engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I was fortunate to get hired on to a project with a great team for a great project. There were lots of nice little perks like free snacks in addition to the company-wide free drinks, social events with food an beer, and occasionally meals were provided. Free parking is also a plus, even if it can be tough to find a spot on Microsoft Campus. The job itself was a great experience for me and I was allowed to be self driven. After learning the ropes I generally worked on my own, but if I needed help or didn't have the solution to a problem everyone on the team was more than happy to help. Overall it was a very positive environment. I especially enjoyed being able to work directly with people in the production and design teams, which made it easier when trying to understanding intended functionality of the product.

      Cons

      I was a contractor, which meant that I had far less job security and a rather sad excuse for benefits. No vacation pay, no sick pay, and the health benefits were a joke. I may have had a better impression of the overall experience if I hadn't been quite unceremoniously booted out the door with no two weeks of notice. Normally Microsoft has a general policy for contractors to work a certain amount of time before needing to take a 6 month hiatus before being allowed to return to the company. The contractors on this project however became assimilated into a greater part of the studio through some unclear and confusing policy which, we were told, meant an indefinite employment for "at least 3 years" and plenty of job opportunities to advance their career and even become FTE with Microsoft. Instead this turned out to be a bunch of bloated nonsense and after realizing that their budget was overblown, several people were quickly let go with no prior warnings.

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