Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer II?

Software Development Engineer II professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 384 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer II Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer II interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Software Development Engineer II employees well?

Software Development Engineer II professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 384 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer II salaries at Microsoft.

What Microsoft locations are top rated by Software Development Engineer II employees?

Microsoft locations which are top rated by Software Development Engineer II employees are Bellevue , Seattle and Redmond .

What are the top reviewed jobs at Microsoft?

Software Engineer (6636) , Senior Software Engineer (1749) , Program Manager (1399) , Software Engineer II (1040) , Software Development Engineer (888) , Senior Program Manager (860) , Product Manager (723) , Intern (689) , Technical Support Engineer (686) , Software Developer (668) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (631) , Consultant (546) , Software Engineer(Internship) (534) , Director (531) , Project Manager (479)

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 6338 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5322 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4283 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4033 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2048 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 1446 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1196 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 771 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 483 reviews)); "Too much politics and exchange of favors rather then meritocracy seriously affect the possibilities to grow and develop inside the company." ((in 315 reviews))

Microsoft Software Development Engineer II reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(384 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

84% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer II employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 384 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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384 reviews

2.0

Jun 20, 2010

Cut-throat corporate culture

Software development engineer ii

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Business Outlook

Pros

Best new technology on demand, good benefits, opportunity to learn and use any new MSFT technology your heart desires, opportunity to learn from smart people.

Cons

Absolutely toxic corporate culture where your only help of getting ahead or being recognized is to backstab those below and around you while playing the sycophant to those above you.

3.0

Apr 14, 2010

Good company with good people, just needs to be turned in a different direction.

Software development engineer ii

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Pros

The company has a hand in a lot of things, so you can find something you like. Makes software everyone in the world uses. Career growth is unlimited if you work the system.

Cons

Not open to new ideas. Processess are slow, it easier to create a new process then get rid of an old one. Probably not going to do well going forward in the consumer space.

4.0

Feb 8, 2010

one of the best large places to work in Seattle area

Software development engineer ii

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Pros

opportunities to move to other projects inside company (not easy but possible). good health plan especially for people with families, gaining experience of shipping software used by many around the world, decent cafeterias, PRO sports club

Cons

hierarchical structure of the company, stack ranking practices, pay level awareness, micromanagement, doubts about long term prospects of the company, layoffs, limited freedom to select ways how to do stuff, high cost of errors leads to abundance of processes and procedures in many projects

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