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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,698 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 53,698 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
      Feb 22, 2018

      Not at all what it says on the tin

      Account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The building with its different restaurants, gym etc. is pretty cool and most of my colleagues were too.

      Cons

      With the mission of Satya Nadella, the company see itself as a sort of benefactor now and in training you get the impression that everything evolves around their employees. When you hit the floor, you soon realize that the "old" Microsoft is still very much alive, because it's not about inclusion and empowerment anymore, but about processes, micromanagement, threatening, exclusion, discrimination, politics and unnecessary pressure day in day out. There are better teams and there are worse teams though. It's a bit like playing the lottery which manager you get.

      4.0
      Aug 23, 2016

      It's hit or miss

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits; great opportunity to learn; great pay; tons of opportunity to take your career in new directions

      Cons

      Like any big company, politics can chew you up and spit you out. Despite promising signs of change, there are still many petty tyrants running their fiefdoms and if you get in the wrong one, or the wrong side of a powerful one, your opportunities dwindle.

      4.0
      Mar 11, 2016

      Microsoft these days...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Benefits. Benefits. Benefits. Including pay. 2. Flexible schedules in most groups. 3. Company reinventing itself - new CEO making huge difference, setting the right strategy 4. Due to transformation, many opportunities to move around internally, to make an impact 5. Really great people - smart, motivated, innovation-minded, fun 6. Access to so many resources from technology to information to hardware to collaborators 7. Stock is up! 8. Many group embrace Agile methodology for engineering.

      Cons

      1. Transformation creates chaos and that can make for a tough work environment in many groups. 2. Cross-company top talent mgmt and retention is a stated goal but there are no real processes or advocacy in place for this (talent retention decision making is at the group level with no visibility to other groups at MS needing the same talent, skills, roles filled). 3. Re-orgs are a regular occurrence where your role, manager, division, etc. can change overnight. 4. Tendency to change a product or feature too soon or wait too long to change it. 5. Still not enough weight or influence given to Customer-focused or UX positions & talent.

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