Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,884 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 53,884 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
Mar 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working at Microsoft was once a great place to work. It was filled with highly intelligent people, all committed to building great software and products. Free drinks and other benefits common at tech companies were fine such as gym membership and ample health benefits.

Cons

Terrible caustic environment where innovation is stopped by middle management and horse trading for political favors. Numerous ideas are killed by over zealous product teams that felt threatened by great engineering ideas. Promotions are handed out through backroom deals, not for great work, but as favors. You spend more time building project schedules and dealing with company policy than working on great software.

3.0
Mar 1, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company has a variety of good onsite training opportunities that are worth taking advantage of. Bonuses and stock grants are good incentives for doing well.

Cons

Company management does not respect its older workers and is laying them off in droves. In hallway discussions, managers discuss how to "youngify" the company's workforce.

2.0
Feb 25, 2016

brook street

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good working environment on campus with great facilities.

Cons

Brook street should be avoided. They use a secret tactic through BMOs which allows Microsoft managers to bully brook street contractors and provide preferential treatment to individuals.

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