Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(6,450 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,450 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Cutting edge frontier work in AI allows for lots of opportunities to learn new things. I really enjoyed the work until the massive shift in culture that happened with Claude code at the beginning of the year

Cons

They are a very big company which can be hard to find your place in especially with frequent reorgs and shuffling of teams around. Recently the push for AI has massively increased expectations for developers productivity towards poor work-life balance and a ton of stress around being made redundant

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