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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,843 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,843 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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      1.0
      Nov 5, 2014

      Lots of people running around doing a lot of nothing

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Perception of good benefits, Perception of some level of order & direction

      Cons

      Only some groups at Microsoft actually do work that drives the company forward. Most of the company seems to spend their time justifying their existence at Microsoft.

      4.0
      Oct 15, 2014

      Great people, going through lots of change

      Solution specialist
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There are some amazingly talented people at Microsoft and working with them is a pleasure. The sales environment is getting more high-pressure, but still nothing like what you hear from other places. They froze S-plan (sales people) base salaries and upped OTE by 8%, I believe, but the quotas are getting staggering. Everyone on my team has a quota over $10M. You can make a comfortable living and have good work-life balance.

      Cons

      A lot of transition means searching for answers. First it was Software + Services, now its Cloud First, Mobile First. There is a huge push to begin LOB selling, but unfortunately Microsoft doesn't sell much in the way of business solutions, it sells plumbing, so actually figuring out what to do is a struggle sometimes. Quotas go up but customers remain the same, so its squeezing existing customer bases for money. Audits are up and customers are not happy. High quotas mean its tough to be too much over 100%, so payouts are limited. Microsoft is increasingly left behind - going into a customer to talk about Windows 8 Apps and Windows Phones while everyone has an iPhone and an iPad just underscore how out of touch Microsoft got and quickly it was passed by.

      1.0
      Oct 10, 2014

      Shadow workforce is mistreated on a regular basis

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Compensation and having Microsoft in your resume

      Cons

      Management style is ridiculous FTE vs CSG attitude aka second-class people Conflicting instructions Lack of information Lack of structure Limited access to important Sharepoint, tools, folders, groups Frequent layoffs for no apparent reason

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