Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,880 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 53,880 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
Mar 16, 2017

not like it used to be

Recommend
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Pros

Microsoft was a great company and the options for growth are big. Or so they were.

Cons

No loyalty to employees. At the end of the day it didn't matter how well I did or how long I was with the company they let you go without so much as a good bye. After 23 years and I had just gotten a great review.

2.0
Feb 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-work life balance -good pay -brand -SOME good, smart people -learning opportunities

Cons

-some pretty crazy managers -if you are friends with the SLT of your group, you are promoted -managers with very little proven merit -politics are literally insane. You will spend nearly 2/3 of your time playing the internal game. Your internal brand exceeds the importance of your external (client brand). The same people get all of the recognition. It's almost like a high school culture -you will literally have to sell your soul to move up within the company. Proceed with caution -if you are creative the culture may stifle your creativity -the vision and TV commercials sound and look great but it's a whole different story in the trenches -if you have genuine passion and love for what you do, and are on the fence with other offers or opportunities, go elsewhere.

3.0
Feb 1, 2017

Life at Microsoft - Not as great as people think

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good compensation and stock options. Used to be a great place to work but not anymore

Cons

Half the people don't do anything but get away by favoritism. Big talks in presentations but no action

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