I learned stuff about software engineering and process and got better at code reviews. They have a lot of cool internal tools that help you do your job faster. I also learned more about testing, the importance of unit testing, the importance of not moving your code up to the next branch if a unit test fails and dealing with hundreds of people working on the same branch. The main languages used at microsoft is C, C++, C# and C++/CX (don’t ask). You’ll probably run into HTML 5, javascript and CSS depending on your team. So like I said, cool tools and some good processes in place to help you become a better software engineer. The downside is that they limit themselves on technology they use (this could be changing since Satya is our CEO). What I mean by this is I’ve never really heard people talk about Unix, perl, python, Java or other languages. It’s like they don’t exist. I find this to be limiting.

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Good working experience

Sales manager (Former Employee) - Bangalore - December 9, 2022

The job was tough initially but then I got used to it. The office environment is friendly and meritocratic. The boss was good. Salary and benefits are pretty average though.

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Time and location flexibility
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Inclusive work environment

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Fair pay for job
General feeling of work happiness

Good company Great perks

Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Bengaluru - September 17, 2022

Good company Great perks They care about employees. We get 200 food vouchers every day and free transport for office. There are also many medical benefits m

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Great company but your experience depends on the manager

Senior Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - July 13, 2022

The senior management has the right intent. However, since it's a very big company an individual experience depends a lot on one's manager. If the dynamics of one's group is highly political, one can't advance without playing that game. Otherwise, it's a good company with interesting problems to solve.

Pros

stability, stock, work

Cons

politics, managers can make or break your career

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I don't recommend joining CSS is good career move. Don't ruin your career joining CSS if you come from development background.

Support Engineer (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - April 19, 2022

best for short term, i mean 1-2 years as it becomes difficult to get out of this support profile either within Microsoft or outside Microsoft.Perhaps you could join and plan to move sooner.

Pros

There are numerous pros in terms of health benefit, cafeteria, insurance, goodies etc.

Cons

CSS -Support profile

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Less pressure environment

Sde2 (Current Employee) - Bangalore - November 29, 2021

Microsoft has great work ethic. You feel safe to raise your doubts. Scope for growth in career. Provide facility for work from home and remote work.

Pros

Exciting bonus, great management, collaboration, support for learning

Cons

Working with people in us( timezone), slow paced delivery

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No life for contract employees

HR Generalist (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - March 28, 2021

You would really get a good hike from your last drawn salary.You would be treated as untouchables at work.They dont ask any questions beyond work.Pleaes dont believe your contract would be extended or you would be converted as full time employee in CE&S team.The team dont give you proper KT but will ask you all the work related questions.No benefits as Non FTE.You will learn nothing

Pros

Cab and Food

Cons

No growth

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You can grow with the efforts you put

Software Engineer (Current Employee) - Bangalore - March 22, 2021

Awesome company to work.Work-life balance can be achieved easily.Managers promote for taking vacations. Technology wise , we can work on anything we want.

Pros

Work life balance

Cons

office politics is still there

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Good for Full-time

Support Engineer (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - December 22, 2020

I joined as a vendor/contract/CSG employee, and tried to convert to a full time position in Microsoft. The ecosystem designed for a vendor/contract/CSG employee is demotivating and you will be treated like an outsider. Unless you are really capable and willing to put extreme efforts to convert to a full time position, do not put your time here. Conversion process is very political and confidential, and in spite of good efforts you may not get a conversion because of budgeting. I prefer to work on real client projects and that helps with a better skill gain, in MSFT you may end up just troubleshooting in your lab environments and your customers will not listen to your solutions.

Pros

Rapid Skill Gain

Cons

contract

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No good experience

Consultant Engineer (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - September 12, 2020

No good experience. Coworkers behaviours to new team members in not good, self pride feeling of some iitians and think they know every thing and others are know nothing attitude.

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Support Engineer (Microsoft Exchange) (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - July 21, 2020

Was worth working with.helped me shape up my career well.it has a class of it's own.its been an honor working with one of the top technical experts in the industry.

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A good place to work

Sales Executive (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - July 4, 2020

A good place to learn into sales and marketing was very well taught about grooming team work achievable targets impressive incentives and lot more to learn

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My Role at Microsoft was very competitive & productive in Finance.

Accounts Executive (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - May 1, 2020

Microsoft was my dream Company to work with. The employees & the management were equally good & interactive. Microsoft takes ultimate care of the employees. I feel, those who work with MS will feel more convenient than compared to any of their previous Org.

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Amazing WorkPlace

Technical Advisor (Current Employee) - Bengaluru, KA - April 9, 2020

Microsoft Workculture is one of the best thing it owns. Everyday is a new challenge; which inspires us to come to office next day. Management motivates and helps in your next goals

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Good learning

Partner Consultant (Former Employee) - Bangalore - April 2, 2020

The roles at the organization requires continuous learning of the latest Microsoft technologies. The potential for growth is very good and diversity (women) get preference in the company

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Good to work at Microsoft

Compe consultant Productivity (Former Employee) - Bangalore, Karnataka - March 19, 2020

Good place to work at Microsoft, have lots of opportunity to extend the knowledge and learn new things, and easy to apporach the product team for knowing more about the product

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Excellent

Support Engineer (Windows Administration and Cloud) (Former Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - March 1, 2020

Microsoft India Private Limited is a subsidiary of American software company Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Hyderabad, India. The company first entered the Indian market in 1990.

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Technical support

Technical Support Engineer Tier 2 (Former Employee) - Bangalore - February 5, 2020

good work environment day to day involved working on Support cases and collaboration with different team at times. All the peers are very helpful. there is no Flexibility with work timings.

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Productive

Site Reliability Engineer (Current Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - January 22, 2020

Good to earn more knowledge, good culture, good management, on site offers. Faced some stressful situations. Recommending others to join the microsoft.

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Amazing company

Microsoft Student Partner (Current Employee) - Bengaluru, Karnataka - January 21, 2020

best place to work, I have been growing here from last few weeks. WHatever resources they provide is actually awesome. I learned many things which I didn't even knew before.

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Productive and fun workplace

Support Engineer (Former Employee) - Bangalore, Karnataka - January 20, 2020

Productive and fun workplace - global technical support center - a place where every individual loves to be. The facilities and people around are awesome!

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