Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Software Engineer (Software Developer II)?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 1,095 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer (Software Developer II) Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer (Software Developer II) interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees well?

Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 1,095 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer (Software Developer II) salaries at Microsoft.

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What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6294 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5352 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4299 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4054 reviews)); "The Good pay and bonus and they're always finding ways to give money to employees." ((in 2113 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1459 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1177 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 776 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 480 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 451 reviews))

Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

4.0

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,095 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

75% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer (Software Developer II) employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,095 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer (Software Developer II) professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews

5.0

Dec 14, 2019

Great management, lots of opportunities, good work-life balance, awesome people.

Software engineer ii

Recommend

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Pros

Great and supportive management Good work-life balance Opportunities to grow and control own career Great people

Cons

Lots of changes and constant re-orgs Lots of time wasting meetings

2.0

Nov 27, 2019

Little Value for old timers

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Recommend

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Pros

- Strong Benefits - Work on Software that the entire planet uses. - Loads of internal opportunities - Get to work with the best of the best (surrounded by super smart people) - The business model - sell you things you want at a fair price (not give you things for free in exchange for all you data).

Cons

- Poor management - Historical experiences hold little value - Only the highest performers are valued - To much politics - it is more of who you know that what you know - Noisiest ones in the room are the ones that are heard - In recent years too eager to make changes for change sake - Too much top down decision making - Overly PC - Diversity was valued as long as it met their definition of diversity. True diversity of values was not valued unless your values met their values.

3.0

Oct 4, 2019

Depends on the team

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Pros

If you work on a good team with good management then you probably love your job

Cons

There are not many good teams and good managers that can overlook the poor engineering practices

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