Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(384 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

84% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 384 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer II professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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384 reviews
4.0
Jul 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You get a chance to make a difference and work on high impact products. You get to work and learn with lot of smart people. Good pay and benefits.

Cons

Some teams have more bureaucracy than others. Some time you feel that you are just a cog in a big machine. In most teams, it is hard to grow career wise without sacrificing some work life balance. There are lot of people there who work hard and put lot of extra time. If you don't do the same then you may not get promotions or huge bonus.

4.0
Jul 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

An enormous body of institutional knowledge; benefits that, while maybe not the gold-plated Cadillac that they were 10 years ago, are still top-notch; recent much-ballyhooed "cultural changes" are really happening, at least in some groups.

Cons

Tends to be a lot of overhead & red tape between you & your job; dependence on other teams, especially distant ones, can be nightmarish; many of the engineering tools/practices are NOT state-of-the-art.

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