Microsoft Software Engineer I/II reviews

4.0

84% would recommend to a friend

(1,071 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Software Engineer I/II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,071 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer I/II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer I/II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Nov 6, 2025

Good Work Culture

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Salary is Industry Standard and above. 2. Work life balance is good. 3. WFH options 4. Less office politics 5. Very good joining stock reward

Cons

1. Every year stock refresher is very less. 2. After your on hire stocks for 4 years end you won’t be able to match your salary to first year until you get couple of promotions in these 4 years. 3. After Covid on sites and US opportunities are almost zero.

5.0
Nov 5, 2025

nice place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good work life balance, nice coworkers. Project is decent

Cons

a bit disorganized, lots of red tape, slow promos

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