Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,790 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 53,790 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
Dec 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- access to cutting edge techology - ability to move in different spaces (OS, productivity, cloud, mobile, search, phone etc.) without leaving the company - impact - perks - laid-back, yet very challenging atmosphere

Cons

- slow to react to large changes - can be difficult to coordinate across divisions - decisions made by commitee taking too much time

5.0
Dec 15, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work environment, good pay and benefits, chance to work on big bets such as Windows, Office, Xbox and cloud computing

Cons

Review system is broken and requires games to advance; benefits are being reduced in 2013; CEO hasn't shown any accountability to the flat stock price.

5.0
Dec 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Cool innovations with huge impacts on consumers and enterprises - Really smart and generous people - Well-established leadership and training programs - Very good compensation - The company really cares about its people

Cons

The company is very large so it takes time to get idea and products implemented. Not as cutting edge as startups.

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