Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,879 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 53,879 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
1.0
Jun 9, 2019

Run for your life!

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Pros

not even the high pay compensates for the Cons.

Cons

Employees who even suggest that women are capable, especially when they have their job review, can expect their job to be threatened. Of course it's done verbally behind closed doors and for seemingly unrelated or non-specific reasons, but it's there. The politeness you see around the company is a thin veneer over the sheer toxicity this company's management has. The company separates employees into three categories: college hires, industry hires, and internal transfers. Industry hires are people with experience outside of Microsoft since college. If you're of those then run! They'll treat you like crap. So many good engineers are pushed out of the company. Judge the CEO by what lower management acts on. It's not a pretty picture. Here is an indication of how toxic the work environment is: if you have more than 5 years of Microsoft experience on your resume, the industry will treat you like "damaged goods". You may not be employable after that. I'm getting out while there's still hope for me. Talk about DNI and "open door policies" are just lip service. Lower management is never required to act on it. They protect the status quo.

3.0
Mar 18, 2019

Manager

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Pros

Flexibility, diversity & inclusion focus, international and multicultural, focus on giving back to the community

Cons

promotion cycle too long and compensation not matching responsibilities; external candidates getting higher levels than employees in same role and with internal experience; process and procedure obsession can bring employees away from customer focus

3.0
Feb 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-Flexible work life balance -Great benefits -Friendly employees -Commuter benefits (if you live in Seattle and are able to ride the connector)

Cons

-Little to no training for this role -Peers are inconsistent not overly passionate about working -Administrators are treated poorly, like the bottom of the food chain -No bonus or stock bonus (even though every person on the team you are working for will get one EOY except you) -Culture is stuffy and traditional -Peers only want to help you grow if you are planning on being a "career admin" -Poor compensation

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