Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II reviews

3.8

98% would recommend to a friend

(722 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

90% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer In Test SDET II employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 722 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer In Test SDET II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Development Engineer In Test SDET II professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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722 reviews
4.0
Jul 15, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great opportunity to grow your career. There are vast number of different teams that operate on different principles, different goals, different technologies, you can almost always find a career path that interests you. The ability to work with some of the brightest people out there is something that's often overlooked and taken for granted while you are at Microsoft. Imagine any technical issue you run into, you have access to unlimited technical people, including those that designed the feature. This is invaluable to those geeks like us.

Cons

The size of company has grown to a point where there is too much bureacracy. Decision making are slower than a startup. There are many hoops you have to jump through sometimes to get everyone to buyoff, which means you spend more time on process rather than core engineering.

2.0
Jul 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you have a family with dependents to care for, then the benefits are great. I suspect that's the primary reason many of average people hang on to Microsoft.

Cons

In some groups, you have really bad management. Over time, cronies and yes-men have been promoted to mid to senior managerial positions. The saying that A's hire other A's and B's hire C's and D's can be seen in action in some of these groups. If, as a new hire, you end up in one of these places, life can be miserable.

4.0
Jul 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Job security -Work/life balance -Generally, hands off management (good and bad) -Benefits -Technology and knowledge sharing (if you know how to access it) -Being around smart people

Cons

-Fish in a big pool -Parity in pay vs other companies (not bad, not good) -Lifeless stock -Feeling of stifled innovation -More cohesion between groups and people and less competition

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