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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
      Jun 17, 2008

      A great place to work in virtually any technology field

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft is involved in so many different technologies. They also have a very open attitude toward (even encouraging of) internal transfers. Want to work with XML? SOAP? Rather forcus on SQL for a while? How about games? Music? Mobile? You can be among the first to work with new versions of Visual Studio, Windows, whatever. Add to this the fact that you are working for one of the most recognized companies in the world!

      Cons

      We are always the "bad guys" to many in the world. This is and is not deserved. Regardless, it means that we always have to try twice as hard to get half as much credit. It also means that we have a very large bullseye painted on us, both in terms of hackers and legislators.

      4.0
      Jun 15, 2008

      A great place to work if you find the right team

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent pay, and employees are treated very well. The attitude of the place varies from team to team and location to location. The benefits are pretty great, as well, especially free reimbursement for relocation, and the free drinks are a nice perk, too. In general, everybody's pretty laid back, and it's a nice place to work. Hours are very flexible -- you can pretty much come and go as you please as long as you attend any necessary meetings and complete your work on schedule. Then again, when coming up against deadlines, that concept is a double edged sword. Overall it's pretty nice.

      Cons

      It varies from team to team, but some of them do a ridiculous amount of micromanagement. I've had days in one team where the entire day at work was spent in meetings doing nothing relevant. Generally there's a meeting at least every day, and they almost always run over time while people niggle over small issues that generally don't apply to more than a few people in the meeting. In another team, I was simply set loose to do my assignments. I had maybe one meeting a week to sync up with my manager and maybe another one every month to sync up with his manager.

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