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      3.8

      98% would recommend to a friend

      (686 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      90% approve of CEO

      86% positive business outlook

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      4.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Compensation and benefits

      4.2

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Software Development Engineer In Test SDET employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 686 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer In Test SDET 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 professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      686 reviews
      4.0
      Sep 4, 2008

      gr8 place to work but too many poor middle managers without focus

      Software development engineer in test (sdet) ii
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      Pros

      great challenging work and high calibre smart co-workers. The work is great but often directionless . Often Big Bets are Off and realignments in organisations cause frustration among the employees who having worked on stuff for some time are not happy to see their work scrapped. All this because of poor communication from the middle managers to the ICs . As an organisation there is an excellent oppurtunity to learn tons of things and i would recommend it to every engineer/ p rogrammer as a very good place to work.Also benefits are good- Medical,Flex Time etc are great if you are having a family.

      Cons

      old boys network, bureaucratic when changes are concerned

      4.0
      Aug 8, 2008

      Nice place to start for a new grad, but beware of vendor lockin.

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
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      Pros

      Microsoft offers excellent pay for relatively inexperienced developers. Even as a junior developer I was given responsibility, but I always had a mentor to aid me when I didn't know what to do. I shared an office with another developer, but I can't think of any engineering positions that had cubicles or open floor spots. There are many training sessions occurring and career progression seemed like a very formalised system - it's easy to see what you need to do to advance. Self-evaluation and goal setting is encouraged by managers. These goals and evaluations are used when determining bonuses or career progression.

      Cons

      Some of the internal systems seemed a little archaic. Internally, open source software, libraries or tools were viewed as hostile or at least with suspicion. I needed legal approval to use jQuery. My development computer was slow, even if I had a pair of nice monitors. 1 GB of RAM was terrible! A few of the employees seemed somewhat uninterested in their work - it was definitely a day job for them. Benefits like leave are tied to how long one has been an employee. Setting up an environment was not documented well in my team, and it was common for existing employees to not be able to help with this.

      4.0
      Aug 6, 2008

      Good place to work

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
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      Pros

      Good work environment and great benefits. Work/life balance isn't bad at all although this is something you need to actively manage otherwise work does tend to take over your life.

      Cons

      Too many meetings. As I mentioned it's somewhat hard to get the work/life balance right at times.

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