Microsoft Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(1,736 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Senior Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,736 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Oct 12, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The environment is rich in resoures. Benefits are good. Health insurance is outstanding. Very diverse work environment. Good cafeterias, cheap food.

Cons

The work environment is flooded with cheap overseas labor. Salaries are low. Review structure is completely opaque. Promotion paths are opaque. Employees are at the whim of thier managers. Microsoft Managers are the best double talkers in the world. They receive special training.

3.0
Dec 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Impact and the ability to work on products used by millions of people.

Cons

Incompetence of upper management. Convoluted review system and lack of transparency in compensation. Crappy stock.

2.0
Dec 17, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work on high-impact products with really smart people. There is a lot of professional development support available. Lots of training, a well-equipped training, smart people to learn from.

Cons

Lack of time to take the said training. Your entire year revolves around performance reviews. You think about reviews all the time. You get done with an annual review and it is suddenly time to set commitments for next year and before you know it, it is time for a mid year review and updating those commitments and then it is annual review again. in between, you have to fill out other forms related to ladder level and what not. all the time you spend on this is time spent away from doing real work. too many meetings. too many lousy managers. Too much focus on visibility and such. not enough focus on your technical abilities. Who you know counts far more than what you know.

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