Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,918 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,918 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Microsoft employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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4.0
Sep 9, 2009

Marketing at Microsoft

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Pros

Work with smart, talented people Opportunities for multiple roles within the company Well respected company Products impact people around the world

Cons

A lot of politics and bureaucracy in such a large company Opportunities for upward mobility (vs lateral moves) are limited Always competing for resources

3.0
Sep 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great training and mentoring programs. A fabulous company to start your career. Excellent benefits and good starting salaries. Brand recognition. If you want to work for the biggest and the best, Microsoft is the place to be.

Cons

Lots of long hours. Expect crunch times every project, usually lasting anywhere from 25 to 40% of the product cycle. Deathmarches, as they are called, can put unrealistic expectations on you, 70-80+ hour weeks for months at a time, including weekends.

5.0
Sep 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You work with some of the most forward thinking people in the world. There is a singular theme when working here which to change the world for the better through technology and software. Great networking opportunity especially Redmond. If you are strategic minded, than observing how work gets done in this company is priceless because its almost like magic.

Cons

Some groups are highly political. Middle management act more like managers than leaders, too many are bad at both. Although the company is scorecard driven in every department, it is far from balanced. There are very few people in the middle and lower parts of the chain that question fundamental assumptions regarding priorities and methodologies. Middle management doesn't know how hard the individual contributors work sometimes. Field positions are not respected as much as corporate roles.

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