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      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

      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 53,901 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
      Apr 23, 2010

      Good place to work with the chance to still be great

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      --Talented, smart people to work with --Good overall benefits --Interesting work (most of the time)

      Cons

      --Management isnt in touch with many segments of the business --Too many layers within the company now, things take longer and longer to get done --Still too Redmond centric --Lack of innovative thinking seem pervasive in some organizations

      4.0
      Apr 21, 2010

      Great benefits, stability, and compensation

      Technical solutions professional
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits, stability, compensation, ability to advance your career, commitment to charitable giving, smart people. I'm treated like an adult and left alone to do my job.

      Cons

      Microsoft is very unpopular in the Bay Area. MS is bit too insular, especially the rank and file who are hired straight out of collage have no frame of reference. The statement "We're the largest software company" isn't a valid argument. Although bringing in outsiders for senior positions is helpful.

      5.0
      Apr 21, 2010

      Great

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Phenomenal internship program. This kind of thing shows that Microsoft can be serious about investing in people. I really feel like I owe my current career path to Microsoft, and that's just pretty cool. As a full time Microsoft I felt like I had to give back and mentor interns -- paying it forward! Not all my managers / peers were great but I did have the pleasure of working with some super ones!

      Cons

      It did feel unnecessarily corporate and bureaucratic sometimes. Hopefully since I left the company (to check out a competitor) they're learning that speed and flexibility wins and are figuring out how to harness their strengths to reduce employee frustrations. Also perhaps as with any large company, there's always some political posturing which can be annoying. The less of that the better because fyi, your customers don't care about your internal politics!

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