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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,705 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,705 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
      Nov 26, 2014

      Worst Company I worked for - Stupid managers managing smart people.. Office politics ==> Career smasher

      Software development engineer (sde) ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart colleagues, that too if you are lucky

      Cons

      Worst Worst Worst, and again worst management structure.. Total broken attitudes of pointing fingers at employees for a total management failure.. No matter how smart you are, how well you perform, if your manager is having attitude sickness, you are done.. and the beauty is, you cant report it anywhere. They make your life hell, they create a hostile environment, and pressurize people... Icing on the cake.. Utter political game in the company.. Its all about who knows who, who is friend of who.. I was in a team where the entire team thinks in one direction, the manager thinks the opposite, and stuff happened.

      1.0
      Nov 6, 2014

      No Job Security At All . . . .

      Software development engineer in test (sdet) ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nothing is great as it looks from outside. They hired me 6 months back and just fired without any reason. PERFORMANCE was not the reason for sure as I just got a nice appraisal last month itself.

      Cons

      Job Security, no good projects, Management tooo bad.

      3.0
      Jul 12, 2023

      Be very cautious working here

      Account executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I worked at MSFT for several years and learned a lot from the company. MSFT has a lot of talented and passionate people who are working on innovative and impactful projects. The company also offers competitive compensation and benefits, as well as opportunities for educational development. Excellent benefits + fitness plan (Perks+). Some really great co-workers. Excellent technology and a great place for learning and continuing education. Promoted "work life" balance culture.

      Cons

      However, I also faced some challenges and difficulties during my time at Microsoft. I felt that the company culture was not very supportive or inclusive of its employees. I witnessed several layoffs that seemed arbitrary and unfair, regardless of performance or seniority. Working for Microsoft requires discretion and prudence in your communication and interactions with others. At Microsoft, I found out that career progression is not easy. They talked a lot about support and training for the next level, but I hardly saw any employees being promoted. I also felt that the lower and mid-level managers were not very effective or empowering. They often followed the senior leadership’s agenda without questioning or challenging it and did not stand up for their employees when needed.

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