Microsoft reviews

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

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
Sep 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Free coffee -Fancy offices -off-site visits -work is so convoluted its easy to not do anything

Cons

The biggest problem with employees of Micfrosoft is that it is filled with people who admire Bill Gates and want their name branded with the company rather than doing something valuable. There is a lot of middle management which blocks people from progressing and the worst thing is the overt competitiveness to step on each other to rise to the next level. There is a lack of opportunities and the skills developed in the business roles you could teach a donkey. It is not real selling. I would advise those who are ambitious, intelligent and go-getters not to work for this company. For the graduates, there is not any well structured training (they lure you in with a trip to America) and there are consistent brick walls. The culture is strong and they make you believe it is the greatest place ever but it is not. in reality, the company is a shambles and is only successful off the back of the legacy Bill Gates helped to build at the prime of the company.

1.0
Sep 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and benefits. Great relocation packages. Nice amenities. Commons area is pretty spectacular. Stock grants. Free Xbone for Microsoft Game Studios employees. Free MS games.

Cons

Every employee is out for themselves, to the point there is no collaboration between divisions. Leadership teams have no clue what they want, but expect their subordinates to make them look good, despite offering little to no feedback or guidance. Leadership teams will blatantly lie to move their agenda ahead, with little to no regard for the people who report to them. Once hired, employees rarely get the job they were actually interviewed for.

1.0
Aug 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High salary, good benefits, smart people

Cons

Redmond is the worst place on earth and so is the traffic that comes with it, they will never win, it's not actually as easy to move internally as they make it sound, company culture is vicious and unwelcoming, there is a perception problem that they probably won't ever be able to kick

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