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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,704 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 53,704 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
      5.0
      Jan 12, 2012

      Microsoft is pretty good

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary, benefit, work-life balance environment.

      Cons

      People need to work harder.

      4.0
      Jan 7, 2012

      You get what you give

      Senior program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent opportunity to build major software products, and make a big impact. Lots of smart people keep you challenged if you want to improve your technical, product development, and leadership skills. Compensation is quite favorable if you're in the top 40%.

      Cons

      You need to be a self-starter and not assume that you would be given a project that would grow your career. However, if you prove yourself, then you will be rewarded handsomely. You also need to be aware of some office politics, which is natural in big firms - this becomes more important as you move up the chain. The length in level at mid-management (principal) levels is 3-5 years at each ladder level for 80+% of the population. Health benefits are not co-pay free any more.

      4.0
      Jan 6, 2012

      Good experience but really hard to grow or experience diverse roles

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The work you do is great, has impact and is fulfilling. People at your level are great and collaborative. Upper management is usually available for conversations and listening to you ... read the cons related to this

      Cons

      upper management takes time to listen to you but that's all they do. There is usually very little they will actually do to help you with where you want to go and who you want to be. So the motto "Your potential our passion" (this is the older one) is not really alive on the day to day level. Once you get in at a position, make sure it's something you like, cause moving around takes a lot of politics etc.

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