Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,880 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 53,880 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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54K reviews
3.0
May 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and relative stability in a weak economy. Strong benefits package, particularly family health insurance.

Cons

Toxic work environment - lack of alignment of group goals. Gets all they can out of employees with little care for "work / life balance". Difficult to reconcile market perception in press (bad) with internal perception (great) of company's products.

3.0
May 9, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free soda. Mostly a comfortable work environment. They usually don't skimp on hardware.

Cons

Review process has sucked for a long time. Career advancement can hinge entirely on who your direct manager is. In some areas there are 3 people to do the job of 12. Also, as a flip side to the comfortable work environment, some groups are so space-constrained that people are doubling or tripling up in offices.

4.0
May 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great name to be on the resume -Great products and smart people to work with -Flexible working hours and private working space

Cons

-Political environment.... You have to be able to talk... even talk about something one is not deserved. -Too many layers and bureaucratic... hard to make a change. Making a minor often means going through several of teams and many months. Frustrating when you really try to make an impact. -No respect between different teams.

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