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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 24, 2008

      Get back to basics Microsoft!

      Softeware development engineer in test
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft is a big company with many opportunities, and little worry that the company and/or group you're working in will "shut down". I know I can come in to work every day and do a good job, and not worry about one or two people who are running the company making bad decisions that will affect my daily life. I'm able to make long term decisions because I know and trust my employer.

      Cons

      MS has gotten too big compared to 10 years ago. There's not enough small teams working efficiently and quickly. Instead, the business teams tend to run everything without talking to the engineering groups to manage what -can- be done, and how long it will take to do it. Basically, there's just too many non-geeks running things.

      2.0
      Jun 24, 2008

      Been there, done that, threw away the t-shirt.

      Account technology specialist (ats)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people but misguided in the sense that they "know what's right" without ever involving the actual customer.

      Cons

      Waaay too much process. Fiefdoms. Incompetent middle management. Many, many times when I took customer feedback to the PG's, they scoffed at the mere mention of listening to the customer. Look at the difference between Windows Mobile and the Crackberry...same end result but the WM phone is generally a pig...slow and always locking up. If WM7 is just more of the same then it's dead technology.

      4.0
      Jun 24, 2008

      A fading giant which is beginning to face the real challenge of competition for the first time.

      Business analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They have a good reputation. They are still the leader in computer software and working for the company is held in high regard in industry.

      Cons

      There are limited opportunities to explore a wide variety of businesses unlike professional services. Although this means that hours are better, if professional development is what you are after you would be better off working in a different business. The expectation to work to tried and tested models is typical of a large bureacracy.

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