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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,888 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,888 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
      3.0
      Dec 11, 2015

      Beware of vestiges of stack ranking

      Senior software development engineer
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      Pros

      Great benefits Get to develop leading edge technologies with huge impact Diverse problems to solve

      Cons

      Stack ranking makes team mates your competition and incites turf wars. Stack ranking can lead to a vicious cycle: Since stack ranking works like a highly stochastic merge sort, if you are a good contributor on a team with superb teammates working on a risky project that does not pan out, you will likely get a poor review, which happened to me after initial good reviews. Being the last rat to leave the sinking ship, I watched my teammates leave for other teams and companies. My poor rating made it impossible to leave my team and lead to continued poor ratings, so I eventually left under duress.

      3.0
      Nov 29, 2015

      Long ago and far away

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The employees donate huge amounts of money and time every year to charities of their choice. The health-care benefits are the best. If you have a good/great manager, that makes all the difference. See cons.

      Cons

      But, if your manager is new and is pretty much only about a power game with other managers, you will find yourself lost and gone within a year. Reorgs. They are horrendous to people's psyches. Layoffs - they can ruin people's lives. Or, they can be a blessing in disguise. If you were an employee who worked remotely, they dumped you first even if you were a straight A, gave everything, high performer. Oh, and they laid off MANY people who were weeks or months away from their 15 year anniversary. They have no moral compass anymore and HR is in the toilet.

      3.0
      Nov 28, 2015

      good and bad

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Strong benefits, especially health care, 401k matching, stock awards for more senior employees. Strong focus on career development. Open feedback. Stable company, not afraid to change focus to be competitive.

      Cons

      Highly competitive, encourages lots of criticism of peers and managers. Not enough to just do a good job. You must do something to stand out above your peers at each stage, otherwise you will trend down and be pushed out.

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