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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,713 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 53,713 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
      3.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Pays the bills

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      money, people, benefits, stability. lots of varied opportunities and other aspirations

      Cons

      management disconnects, not getting much feedback. bad culture

      5.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Microsoft is a great opportunity for any software professional

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The free health insurance cannot be beat. We had twin daughters that both spent time in the NICU and didn't spend a dime. There are abundant career opportunities. There are great opportunities to work with many software industry leaders and experts.

      Cons

      Seattle traffic and cost of living.

      3.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      A mixed bag - fair pay, great benefits, good work/life balance, cut-throat internal competition, bumbling leadership

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -There are lots of bright people working at MS. There is so much you can learn from others and you can generally count on the competence of your co-workers. -The benefits are amazing, by far the best I have ever heard of. If you have a family, this is great. -The company is stable. Not much chance of it going out of business, leaving you without a job. -There is a lot of support for MS in the Redmond area. -There are many perks, like the PRIME card given to all employees, which grants you access to huge discounts on many local products and services. -You can go anywhere in the world and say you work for Microsoft and people will know what you are talking about. -You get significant time off. -Work/life balance is respected. -Microsoft does a lot of things. If you want a change, you can always look elsewhere within the company. -Free soda, milk, etc at work -Individual offices -A huge, beatuiful campus -Internal interest groups for just about anything you enjoy doing -A diverse, cosmopolitan work force -Support for telecommuting, although generally you will lose productivity when doing so

      Cons

      -The company is too large, and there is too much inertia associated with heavyweight processes, and legacy maintainace. This makes the company slow to react and change directions. -There is a huge amount of competition at MS. The few who shine brightest are rewarded well, but career advancement for the rest is a problem, even though in most other companies they would be stars. -Moving within the company involves a tough interview process -While there is grass-roots support for agile processes, management is clinging on to heavyweight processes for dear life -The company as a whole is viewed negatively from the outside. This gets frustrating. -Innovation is talked about a lot but rarely seen or actually encouraged. -You have to wonder sometimes how certain senior executives have managed to hold on to their jobs after bungling it so many times. -The review system inherently rewards individual stars rather than team players. -Compensation is fairly average

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