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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,736 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

      3.5

      Senior management

      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,736 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 24, 2008

      Great place for folks with families but you don't become rich working here anymore

      Product manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Microsoft provides stable job environment with great health benefits. Its ideal place for folks with families since no copay health benefits work best for them. For single people it doesn't provide as much challenge as other startups can do. The folks that you work with here are very smart and experienced. Also, there are very diverse teams here so if you are bored with your product or team you can easily move to other areas like xbox, zune, search, office, windows etc

      Cons

      Microsoft has slow promotion rate partly because they depended heavily on stock price in past to make up for the compensation. It's heavy on mid-management.

      4.0
      Apr 24, 2008

      Microsoft has a lot of unexpected perks!

      Senior software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The opportunity to pursue your work interests outside your core job. Even if your job is to simple write the code for a single button in Excel, you can still follow other interests at Microsoft. You can many opportunities to get outside of your box. There are so many different groups and so many different types of work to do at Microsoft that, if you can't find something to suit your interests or further your career, the problem is with you-- not Microsoft. The benefits are also incredible, anything from deals with local retailers, to gold-level membership with Fidelity.com and other services.

      Cons

      The primary downside of Microsoft is that a lot of the old-school people from the early days of Microsoft are still hanging on at Microsoft and not moving on or retiring. This limits the ability for talented people with new ideas from taking on senior positions. One of the other downsides is that the jobs, whatever they are, aren't exciting in and of themselves-- as an employee, however, you can take many different steps to expand your possibilities, challenges, and abilities. Another downside of Microsoft is the review process; while heavily instrumented, the instrumentation is highly subjective and I've never met a manager (or employee) that fully understands it.

      3.0
      Apr 24, 2008

      Satisfied, and work life balance needs are exceeded.

      Project manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Best reasons to work at Microsoft include the following: Flexible work schedule Great work life balance Ability to network with very smart professionals Grow your skills through free training and certification exams Attend training to increase your skills as an employee

      Cons

      Downsides to working at Microsoft include: Lack of awareness around levels and how they are awarded Annual Review process i.e. forms, process overall Lack of great insight into decisions made by management Annual review process related to leveling

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