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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,756 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      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 53,756 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      54K reviews
      1.0
      Aug 1, 2010

      Infighting and politics. Extremely bad and depressing culture!

      Developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good health benefit. Private office room.

      Cons

      Favirism, backstabbing, brown nosing. Unfair performance review. Company culture encourages infighting and backstabbing. Your career is completely controlled by your manager. Requires working much more than 40 hours/wk. Many arrogant and rude coworkers. No human dignity. In summary: Politics!!!!! No management!

      2.0
      Dec 9, 2009

      Don't work in MSIT

      Tech support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working with new MS technology You like the safety of a large Co with few real competitors

      Cons

      Terrible place for IT people, they don't value IT workers You will only work with MS technologies (bad for IT people) You will be subject to incompetent middle managers, who will control your career You will have to pretend VISTA didn't suck Food served on campus is horrible You will be laid off first or replaced with cheap overseas labor Co stock is a joke

      1.0
      May 28, 2008

      If you are thinking about MS - think again.

      Senior architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Once upon a time it was a company that encouraged people to think outside the box. This spirit drove the company to it's high level. During that time we as a company acted as one company, with all groups pulling together into a single unit. In the past the compensation was an exceptional piece of what made it fun to work at Microsoft. However at the same time the ability to influence products, change the direction of MS Services and contribute to making customers better was a critical factor in the "fun" of working at Microsoft. Sadly that is no longer the case.

      Cons

      It is now a big company - and the pay hasn't really grown as fast as the orgizational profits. Its sad that the joy of working at Microsoft is now gone. I've been with the company more than 10 years and during that time have watched the fun factor drip out of my job. During that time i have held three or four other positions within the company. In every case the reality of where we are is consistent. Our field teams don't communicate as well as they should. Our corporate teams don't communcate as well as they should. Sad, all the way around.

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