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      4.1

      74% would recommend to a friend

      (825 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      57% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      Software Development Engineer, employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 825 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer, professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      825 reviews
      3.0
      Nov 20, 2017

      Microsoft Bing and Search Technology Center

      Software development engineer
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      Pros

      Microsoft is a giant ship and it has many internal tools & platforms to improve your productivity. Working experience at Bing is also very useful for getting the other jobs in the internet industry.

      Cons

      Tech stack is MS specific and not open like others. Many middle level managers & principal engineers were from MS' office or windows team, which have limited experiences in search technology.

      5.0
      Nov 20, 2017

      I love working at Microsoft. I wish I was allowed to switch teams easier

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People: enthusiastic and smart. It is a pleasure to work with most individuals. Also, as an expat in Copenhagen, more than half of my friends group are current or ex-colleagues at Microsoft. Agility: most we do is relevant work, with no stiff procedures to get in the way. We are trying out various ways of managing projects, and not limiting ourselves to a given formula (although scrum has been the thing for a few years, until we moved on). Technology: depending on the team / most teams work on quite exciting stuff.

      Cons

      Most of the teams are on weekly on-call support (including nights). Some teams have been asked to work weekends (both Sat and Sun) for several months (and consequently many people left Microsoft because of this). Promotions are much slower than in the rest of the industry. You can get stuck in some "dead end" teams, as internal transfers within the same product are much more difficult than just leaving for another company or another product.

      5.0
      Nov 9, 2017

      Best work environment + Benefits

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Option to choose which task you have to work and when to work (depends on team) There are internal tools for everything and so it's easy to build something Sports and Fitness freaks will love the campus

      Cons

      You may not be credited/recognized for your work (Which is why I left the company)

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