51,722 Software Engineer in Test Jobs

“Great company”

Pros:  “Microsoft is a great company with benefits and pay to match. A large company with upward mobility across the US and Internationally.”

Cons:  “It can be inconsistent depending on the team you are on and at times there is concern with layoffs. the HR practices make it difficult to change team members…” – Full Review

“A great place to work with tough problems in a dynamic environment”

Pros:  “Technology groups still have the small company feel where software developers and testers get to work on cool stuff and make major contributions.”

Cons:  “Expedia continues to pay salaries that are below market for the Seattle area. Equity sharing is small as compared to other companies like Amazon and Microsoft.” – Full Review

“after 14 years. I'm still glad to have a job”

Pros:  “as a remote field techincal support analyst, I have the mobility to travel throughout the greater Los Angeles area, supproting our flients at their various branches and…”

Cons:  “Communications - Free wirelsss phone line is a great perk, tho it's because they have a bundled service through the service providers which gives us limited…” – Full Review

“Timelines aren't too crazy, no mean people, and a lot of freedom”

Pros:  “- Competitive pay in the US (I hear in Canada it's less) - You won't deal with introverted developers or weirdo's - Great people, everyone is outgoing and wants to do good…”

Cons:  “- Benefits are just "ok" - Hard to transition to a new career path - Upward growth opportunities are non-existant - No clearly defined roles, so receiving a…” – Full Review

“If you are over 50, take H1B pay and get a job.”

Pros:  “If you are over 50, take H1B pay and get a job. They are persistent in trying to get their former consultants more work. You can get medical insurance if you ask for it.”

Cons:  “The pay is low for any kind of engineer. Any benefits like medical insurance you pay the full price for out of your base pay. Consultants are not employees and…” – Full Review

“Secure job but U learn less”

Pros:  “* Job Security *Less work and proper time allocated to for learning. *Good work and enjoyment balance *Nice Campus(specially at Chennai).”

Cons:  “* You remain work-less(you may have 2 wait for 1yr or so 2 get in to some project). *Lot of politics in the middle level of management. *Bad appraisal…” – Full Review

“Overally, I liked it!”

Pros:  “Reputation helps to find the next job, good resources in terms of academia, friendly environment, I had a great boss”

Cons:  “old management style, very-low interaction (social meeting) between employees and top managers” – Full Review

“Dynamic, but very disorganized and not respectful environment”

Pros:  “- Good sign-on bonus and initial stock awards - Opportunity to work with very large distributed systems (at uncommon scale) - Working for Amazon Web Services looks good on…”

Cons:  “- You do some development, but you are not a software developer. The title "software development engineer" is misleading and this is the first thing to be aware of…” – Full Review