Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,704 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 53,704 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
Feb 7, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Work Life Balance, some people can work 1 hour per day and still be promoted

Cons

- Very low qualifications of engineers and managers - Very low paying (new employees with 2 YOE earn more than old employees with 5+ YOE) - Disgusting culture - Promoting those who talk a lot, and not noticing who actually deliver a lot

1.0
Dec 6, 2021

Run away!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get exposure to some cool technology.

Cons

I have talked to multiple support engineers from different departments and have concluded that Microsoft does not care about it support departments. The support departments are overworked, underpaid, and down right toxic. There is a bully/intimidation culture that is in the departments that makes me sick to my stomach. There is also a huge lack of training in the support departments that has setup a lot of engineers for failure. I would not put this job on my worst enemy.

1.0
Oct 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Money. Benefits. Prestige I guess? Struggling to come up with more.

Cons

Political, like no other place. Incompetent but popular people get awarded and promoted. Pseudo-diversity initiatives. Strong cancel culture. The old guard can do no wrong. Stack ranking? Very much alive despite their protests. Favorite child one day, pariah the next. Nothing but bad memories. I have nothing but ill will. And they missed every opportunity to make their Search engine a contender. QBRs, snapshots. 1:1s, all the fake diversity initiatives that change nothing. Wish I had the time back.

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