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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,736 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      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 53,736 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
      3.0
      Mar 22, 2020

      Digital Sales has an issue with transparency

      Sales specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - great office - work life balance is there - cheap food - great clubs that will get you discounts in concerts

      Cons

      This feedback is about Digital Sales in Dublin: - lack of transparency about promotions - managers can't share the real news - They will ask you to over achieve but they can't fight for your or for your promotion - Managers will try to keep you at the lowest level and salary possible, and if you are not happy they will just let you go and hire someone new who will get more than what you used to get. - New joiners get more attention, salary, and level then the people staying, and believing the career development sessions (that managers will hammer what you have to show, and will always want to keep you) - Salary increase is a disgrace, it is 1% each year - Bonus at the end of the year (CBI) is not clear, no transparency how it is calculated

      1.0
      Mar 8, 2020

      It's all about your connections, the stack rank and the MS bottom line.

      Software data engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you find a good manager to work for (they're rare), you'll do fine. Comp is decent. That's how it was for me for 18 or so years. Mostly good people solving tough problems in a super-fast paced environment.

      Cons

      They cut engineering staff by a minimum of 10% every year. No matter what. Even top performers will be asked to go eventually, since they promote folks into a band without their consent (but you'll like it because comp will go way up at first). Also, it was very political at Principal level and higher. I know this because they kept a widely-known dumpster fire of a manager around by consistently reassigning him to other projects. There's more, but I'm saving it for a tell-all book.

      1.0
      Jan 10, 2020

      A culture of harassment

      Technical advisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits are decent, with great maternity/paternity leave. Employees are very supportive of each other.

      Cons

      Senior management in Services foster a caustic work environment. While there I saw many occasions where a manager used intimidation, sexual harassment and bullying to coerce performance from the sales team. When notified of this, both senior management and HR did nothing. The turn over in Services is horrendous is due in part to this culture of harassment.

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