Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,901 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 53,901 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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1.0
Sep 30, 2014

Compensation is not connected to Contribution

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Pros

OK pay if you are willing to not compare it to companies which are doing better in the stock market. Some interesting technology to play with. Some of the people care about helping you grow.

Cons

Benefits aren't what they used to be. Morale events aren't what they used to be. Office environment isn't what it used to be (moving to open workspaces) Lots of reorgs means that the manager determining your compensation doesn't really know you. This is getting worse with fewer managers per employee. So compensation can have little to do with how hard you work or what you accomplish for the company. Work life balance is getting worse, and it was already pretty bad. Instead of focusing on customers, there is a push to focus on data, when the only real useful data is whether the customers love the product and buy it. The company no longer makes big, bold bets.

2.0
Sep 27, 2014
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Pros

There is so much to learn from working at Microsoft. I became a much better employee both technically and professionally because of my experience. Very nice work environment including private offices which are becoming more and more rare. Looks great on your resume.

Cons

The culture is caustic. Stack ranking encourages managers to find fault and assume wrongdoing where none was intended and no harm occurred. Some managers retain underperforming employees on staff in order to avoid having to give valuable employees a poor annual rating. There is very little room for innovation - most work at Microsoft is an attempt to copy the success of others. This makes work unfulfilling.

4.0
Sep 24, 2014

Corporate Reorganizations

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Pros

Great work life balance, compensation, benefits, and potential bonus/stock based on performance.

Cons

Due to recent company wide reorganizations and layoffs there is big lack of job stability, questionable new leadership, and accountability in immediate management structure.

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