Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,884 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 53,884 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
Nov 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are amazing -- from the health benefits, to stock purchase plans, generous leave of absence for employees with newborns, the list goes on. Its a large company so plenty of opportunities to move into other, diverse areas of the business. People are generally collaborative in nature here, which is great. MS is very respectful of work/life balance.

Cons

Very decentralized, also beaurocratic at times, difficult to get things done. Sometimes, communication is not very clear from the top down -- Not always clear if everyone is working towards the same goals. Politics also seem to get in the way of getting things down at times.

5.0
Oct 31, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Career advancing opportunities, working on the most interesting stuff out there and they treat people very good. I don't know if there's another software company in the US which treats it's employees like this. I'm not talking only about benefits, but about respect.

Cons

Sometimes, there are situations in which you have to work late. Also, it depends on the team you work in. Another downside would be that you promotions depend solely on your manager's decision. So if your manager doesn't like you, you're pretty much stuck on your job.

4.0
Oct 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very, Very talent people and lots of challenging there. Using your intelligence to change others' life.

Cons

The balance between work and life is poor. People work over time and has no time to use their vacation quota.

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