Microsoft Software Developer reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(6,428 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

73% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,428 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Mar 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- the pay and stocks, 10 days of sick leave per year+vacation days, it pushes you to reach your potential

Cons

It really depends on your team your experience, the deadlines may push you do endless overtime

2.0
Mar 10, 2026

Security sucks

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- No much pressure on delivering features, given that most of the time you are working on bridges. - Very high visibility, as you are always on bridges.

Cons

You are barely doing any development in reality, you spend most of your time as an SRE rather than a dev.

5.0
Mar 10, 2026

things

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

offers a strong compensation package including performance bonuses, health insurance, and retirement plans that are above industry average.

Cons

overwork stress management deadline managers

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