Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,879 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 53,879 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
Apr 17, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It's a great company, and great for your resume. The opportunity to do something with lots of impact is fantastic. Great pay and benefits. Lots of smart people from all over. Company picnic is also great for the family. Some teams have too much process. The entertainment team, where I work, is pretty good. It's great to start your career here, work for 5 years or so, and go off to start your business.

Cons

Some managers are not so good, and should be IC's. Benefits have declined over the years. Recession has hit some teams pretty hard. The Christmas party for my team was canceled.

1.0
Apr 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

New technology, you get chance to work on latest things that's not out in market yet. Best people

Cons

Where should I start? Microsoft has become IBM so large that your work doesn't matter any more. Full of Politics. People who are golf caddy of management get advancement. CEO has done shitty job for last 10 years.

3.0
Apr 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, surrounded by lots of raw intellect, individual offices. Virtually unlimited resources.

Cons

The review process is in a nutshell, horrible. On small teams the "curve" approach forces even the most talented of engineers to be in the 10% bucket. In the test world, there is little to zero chance of advancing to Senior or Principal from level 59 - you most certainly have to leave the company and come back. Pay is so-so compared to other companies in the bay area. The ego's you encounter here will boggle your mind. Microsoft hires based on raw intellect and places little to no value on the ability to communicate. Belief that best talent should be promoted to leadership. IC path is very unknown. Extremely political.

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