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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,701 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      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 53,701 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
      Jun 11, 2008

      Great for established professionals looking for stability; great for new graduates looking to build a resume.

      Program manager ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many employees at Microsoft are a little older than at other companies; this generally means that they are married with young children. Because of this, the work/life balance is excellent. Further, the salaries are competitive and Microsoft gives the best medical benefits in the business.

      Cons

      Like most large companies, it takes a long time to advance in your career. Moving up in the lower levels can take between 1-2 years average, while the higher levels can take 2-4 years. The stock awards cannot be counted on for much increase in value--the stock has been performing horribly for the past 6 years.

      5.0
      Jun 10, 2008

      Can one company be totally awesome and at the same time absolutely suck? Yeap. Microsoft.

      Principal software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * You get a chance to work on things that A LOT of people will use. You get to use new technologies and learn new things. * Work/Life balace is VERY important and people take it very seriously. While there is sometimes crunch time, almost nobody looks at you funny for wanting to go home and be with your family. * I have found that excellence is HIGHLY rewarded and that management - from direct to upper really try to show you they appreciate you. * While it has it's down-side, the quality that you ship is amazing - due to the insane amount of testing, integration periods etc.

      Cons

      * We created Vista. * Microsoft is not sexy. Whe we try to be sexy, it usually comes out retarded. We create as-high or higher quality products, overall, as other companies, but we are too business oriented and not enough consumer oriented. * Our greatest advantage is also our disadvantage - the amount of legacy we have may give us an edge in some markets, but it also bogs us down when it comes to innovating. * We give in to various organizations where we should be more keyed towards being pro-consumer. This has to do with DRM and other things which we spend way too much money and time on. * We are slow to react when our company is in the lead. This costs us time and time again.

      2.0
      Jun 10, 2008

      Good but could be better

      Business development manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are not doubt the best reason to work at Microsoft. They are beyond any of the many companies that I have worked for or consulted for. The company's management aspires to do great things. There is no doubt a fighting spirit at this company. You can work your entire career at Microsoft and have 10 different jobs in 10 different business lines. There really is something for everyone. You can go from consumer to business. You can work in marketing, business, project management, product management if you can prove your ability to do so. If you become one of the few execs in the company you can make alot of money.

      Cons

      The commute in Redmond is horrifying. And parking at Microsoft is a nightmare. And it is mostly caused by really bad planning by both the city, county and Microsoft executives. Microsoft has created a culture where people are rewarded more for shooting down ideas than actually finding solutions. There is also more reward for people just thinking of cool stuff and not alot of reward for quality execution of an idea. Executives ask for feedback but they don't really listen to it. In fact it is pretty clear that none of them want it. There is a tendency for the company to hire lots of smart people but only so many people can move up the ladder. As a result you have alot of people fighting for the same jobs with almost the same qualifications. It rains alot in Seattle. Don't believe anything anyone else tells you.

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