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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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      54K reviews
      1.0
      Sep 10, 2015

      senior analyst

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Doubled salary in 8 years of employment; used to be a wonderful company

      Cons

      Heavy politics; nice guys don't win

      1.0
      Jul 11, 2015

      Bad managers everywhere

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Used to be one of the best, but now no pro for the company.

      Cons

      Internal competition. Lots of incompetent managers from South Asia. Zero star should that be possible.

      1.0
      May 24, 2015

      Generally a good company, but watch out for toxic districts

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Super well paying jobs with great benefits, better than most other companies out there. If you are social, well-liked among the upper management, and can play company politics well, you will be successful here. Best advice is not to advance too quickly, and be mediocre, and you will have a great home life as well. If you give too much and people start expecting too much of you, you will get taken and left out to dry. Other than NY Metro, mid-level career progression is actually quite good, and you can build a name for yourself amongst the technical side of the business.

      Cons

      Being at Microsoft for almost ten years and around several regions and teams, New York Metro sales is probably the most toxic of all U.S. teams from which you should avoid. The bullying culture is still very much alive, and unless you can also be a jerk, you won't survive here. In general, people lack passion for what they do, though they have passion for their own personal lives, which is covered up by the compensation. If you have Microsoft on your resume for too long, it might actually hurt you, because you're too bought into the ecosystem and less desirable for other companies, especially startups. Good employees are often let go or allowed to walk away, while bad managers are protected by their managers and HR.

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