Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,901 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 53,901 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
4.0
Jun 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent salary. Excellent benefits. Flexible hours. Very interesting work. Get to work with tons of other smart, talented people. Fun.

Cons

Hours can be long. Stock price isn't moving at all. Products aren't as innovative as they used to be. Slow.

4.0
Jun 6, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You'll learn a lot - that's for sure and your problem solving abilities will go through the roof - fetches one of the best starting salaries if you're a CS or Engineering graduate - plus great Benefits !!!

Cons

Career might get stuck after 3 or more promotions - competition is pretty stiff in getting promoted after the first two promotions and a lot of people don't make it to the fourth promotion.

4.0
Jun 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) My immediate management was top notch, with regards to transparency on job performance as as well as feature work 2) Tremendous Benefits 3) Good Work/Life Balance

Cons

1) Some groups still ship once in years, and the feature may get canceled 2) Not sure what senior management is ever upto - strategy changes every 6 months - lack of accountability on part of senior management 3) Not much scope for innovation

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