Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,423 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,423 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Mar 8, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people - Dev, Design, QA, and PMs were outstanding. Highly collaborative environment.

Cons

Too many layers, too much bureaucracy. hyper competitive environment - at times people worried more about reviews and managing up than the work.

4.0
Feb 23, 2013

Satisfied so far

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart colleagues, open-source (yes, open-source) tools, life-work balance , great benefits.

Cons

Aggressive planning, conservative technical choice.

4.0
Jan 25, 2013

Development Engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Brand Name Talented people Respect for ideas and people Great benefits Great trainings

Cons

Too much Ego in some people even though respect for idea not very encouraged to implement them

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