Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,824 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 53,824 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
5.0
Nov 22, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great benefits package -Very smart people -Lots of investment capital - lots of flexibility to move around the company - Above average pay, bonus, and stock - Big challenges and products to work on

Cons

- huge decentralized organization - "old school" Microsofties can be very type A especially at senior levels - can be slow to respond to external threats - established orgs can get into turf battles with emerging ideas and technology (e.g. Courier Tablet vs Windows)

4.0
Nov 21, 2011

Great career advancement opportunities

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome opportunities, great support, provides for fast-track and not-so-fast-track career advancement... depending on what you're looking for

Cons

Company is relying too much on its past success, needs to reinvent itself

4.0
Nov 15, 2011

It has been pretty good so far.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company, Lots of things to learn, Easy to move around groups, Decent Pay, Good work life balance, Lots of smart people

Cons

Too process heavy in most divisions and also sometimes things are very secretive and not too transparent as to what exactly is happening behind the screens

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