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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
      1.0
      Sep 11, 2015

      Not a place for the futuristic progressive managers

      Anonymous employee
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Used to be a wonderful company

      Cons

      Riddled with politics. Nice guys don't win, neither can they last. HR operates at a 30000 ft. level - no connect with employees. Career opportunities are zilch unless you oil your managers and his peers. CUlture of meritocracy doesn't prevail.

      2.0
      Sep 1, 2015

      Beware of Layoffs

      Marketing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I think it is a good place for engineers. Lots of learning opportunities,access to tools and technologies, and internal discussion forums to get help on any topic.

      Cons

      Layoffs are getting out of control, especially in the field offices. Every summer they release a new "blueprint" of how many people each sub is aloud to have and what the org chart has to look like exactly. If someone in corp decides that job you are doing is not needed, everyone in each country that does that job is let go. Every year about 10% of my colleagues are let go and I had to let go my own direct reports. This month I got the notice that my role is not in the new blueprint and I have a few weeks to find a new job. I am working in a subsidiary office and I don't get any relocation assistance to return home. I even have to pay my own way to do interviews in Seattle to find my next job. (I can do the interviews over the phone, but that would put me at too much at a disadvantage.) HR does not provide any extra assistance to help me find a new job, I am totally on my own.

      3.0
      Aug 21, 2015

      Van

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's Microsoft and great to put in your CV. Colleagues are friendly and professionals. You can learn a lot about working with other people and working in a corporation. Work-life balance is ok.

      Cons

      Salary is low compared to living costs. Work is pretty boring and engineering processes are ancient - although they tend to change, but very slowly.

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