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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4.0
Sep 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Satya is bringing in lots of change and it's too soon to tell whether it's for better or worse. Benefits are still excellent, even for an hourly employee like me. It's still VERY DIFFICULT to move from an Admin/Hourly job to a non-hourly role. It can take years to get promoted and there is a definite glass ceiling if you start(ed) as an hourly employee.

Cons

Lay-offs are freaking everyone out. I get that we need to make changes, but it's causing a lot of churn as the folks who (thankfully!) still have jobs are being shifted around like assets.

5.0
Sep 20, 2014

I worked for Microsoft

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Looks good on the resume.

Cons

managers are a pain in the you know what

3.0
Sep 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I made a huge international network that I continue to use daily. Time off for babies was fine, and I liked that it could be extended so as to add up to 12 weeks (paid and unpaid).

Cons

I hated the politics. People had very sharp elbows and wouldn't hesitate to run you under the bus. The new "generation" may have had some strengths, but were not doers. They came in around 2003-2004 and hired out everything to contractors, leaving very little subject matter expertise...

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