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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,799 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,799 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
      Jun 25, 2008

      A slightly better than average large corporate company to work for.

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Health benefits, various perks here and there. Excellent job security, especially comparied to other companies in the same industry. Very flexible work hours, you don't actually have to work very hard if you don't really want to get back much. Generally speaking, you are surrounded with intelligent people, which is not neccessarily true at other companies. If you want to, it's possible to learn and grow well, at the lower levels at any rate (entry level to minorly senior levels).

      Cons

      My guess is the downsides are similar to working at many other large corporate companies. Slow process, very slow climb up the career ladder generally speaking. Pay also grows in a generally slow and steady manner, don't expect sudden jumps in pay and level as is possible in smaller environments. Bureacracy and process abounds, as well as politics, as close as even 1 or 2 levels away from entry-level. Generally speaking, Microsoft isn't the best place to be if you want to be a superstar, or quickly advance in your career, or just plain have a lot of energy. Not if you want to get well-rewarded at any rate.

      1.0
      Jun 25, 2008

      Maybe some profit sharing?

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Yeah i think this company is pretty cool. But I also think hot dogs are cool too. However, Microsoft is a huge company and its cool to tell girls at bars that you work there. They think that you are made of millions!

      Cons

      I worked with a bunch of nerds and there were no attractive people in sight. They should also have some sort of incentivized pay structure, like base plus commission upon review of quality of work done. I also think that CEO's salaries should be based on performance as well. Give us some sort of profit sharing man!

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