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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,847 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,847 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
      4.0
      Nov 27, 2008

      Group specific experience

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people to work with and interesting tasks. I was using a mix of software and hardware description languages to do my task and I think that is very rewarding. Also, my manager was very easy-to-approach and gave me good feedback based on my performance. Also, the benefits are decent.

      Cons

      The company's experience is very group-specific. If you don't pick you group carefully, you could easily end up in a group you don't like very much. Also, the company as a whole has very bad press-coverage. A day does not go by that I notice some headline somewhere saying something negative about Microsoft.

      2.0
      Nov 26, 2008

      Good company for stable job, bad company for building career.

      Program manager ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great medical and vision benefits, reasonable dental ones. Mature, stable company with relatively good payment. Relatively flexible working hours.

      Cons

      Career growth is limited, once you enter the company. Minor promotions happen on annual basis. If you enter the company in lower level, you have no chance of moving up, regardless of performance. Work-life balance does not exist in many teams. The company sets unreasonable expectation for responsiveness, causing employees to reply to e-mails across the clock. Directions are not set clearly and there is significant randomization. Communication channels and responsibilities are also not well defined across the company. Teams rarely work well together, as the culture is competitive instead of collaborative.

      4.0
      Nov 25, 2008

      Great place to work if you like big companies

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Working with lots of smart people - Many chances for professional growth - A Microsoft experience can help you land new jobs - Great benefits

      Cons

      - Big company, too many duplicated efforts, and not enough communication between groups - Sometimes it feels like the different groups don't cooperate, which is frustrating at times

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