Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(383 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 383 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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383 reviews
5.0
Apr 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good career paths Big opportunities for the self driven Good work-life balance for those who avail of it Some excellent managers and mentors

Cons

Reorganizations all the time Occasionally a bad manager can block your progress if they can't sell you Stalled career progress can limit you for a small time

2.0
Apr 1, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High scale projects Products used by millions of people. Cutting edge technologies

Cons

Isolated from rest of the world Technologies used only by Microsoft and no correspondence from outside Applying waterfall in the name of Agile Backstabbing by peers because of the stack ranking Solid hierarchy, not letting people to speak up their ideas Very harsh politics, not letting best ideas/brilliant people to win

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