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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,731 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 53,731 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
      Feb 27, 2025

      Horrible Culture

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company's sole redeeming quality was its culture, but the recent layoffs, which stigmatized thousands of employees as low performers, have completely eliminated that advantage.

      Cons

      This company has consistently been hampered by poor decisions. It was making progress after 2014 until this year, when, in an attempt to avoid severance costs, they publicly labeled the latest layoffs as "low performance." This disastrous move has reverted the company to the toxic atmosphere of the 2010s, where employee morale was abysmal and only low performers and those adept at office politics thrived.

      1.0
      Sep 22, 2024

      High on PR, low on substance

      Customers success manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      None I can think of

      Cons

      Endless bureaucracy, zero engaging work. All people do is just “orchestrate “ things. Constant waiting on some one else to complete some task: Management is absolutely horrific . Almost 20 years in tech, never seen anything like this. Impossible to serve customers because company makes it impossible. No path to promotion. Only at the very top of company keep promoting each other. Disgusting. In general, came to conclusion that MSFT decided people are not important to their future business success. Otherwise I can not explain this complete disregard to human aspects of the business

      1.0
      Oct 18, 2023

      Bad Onboarding

      Digital specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The colleagues were nice and the office has nice architecture.

      Cons

      You are bombarded with courses that you have to pass exams for onboarding but receive no dedicated time to whatsoever. An onboarding period has been promised but in reality, you are thrown into the jungle that Microsoft is and are expected to immediately work in your respective field. They basically expect you to work overtime from day one with an unbelievable amount of duties. When I started of I’ve been working 60-80 hours a week with no additional compensation.

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