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
4.0
Feb 27, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Microsoft is still relevant, and has great development processes, but do try to join an org who wholly adopts agile if that's your thing. I've seen both Scrum and waterfall done well. I've also seen a large org make the shift and they were quite successful. There really is nothing like being at MSFT when your org is asked to create a new product. Its staggering what 250 engineers can do in short timeframes with high quality. if you are early in your career, you'll get great experience here. As the workforce has gentrified, work life balance has improved a lot.

Cons

New college hires do usually put in longer than average hours while competing tor promotions due to the stack rank. At higher levels, political savvy is extremely helpful to get promoted. Lots of cross group collaboration is needed to get others on your manager's side for the stack rank.

3.0
Feb 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting projects (mostly) Many career opportunities Strong peer engineers

Cons

Too competitive. Too much bureaucracy. No room for mistakes or bugs - favor the conservative over the innovative. Work-Life balance !

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