Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,746 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 53,746 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
Sep 14, 2017

Don't expect anyone to help you

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company has a philanthropic nature. Very flexible work environment. Good benefits. Hugely successful company both historically and looking to the future.

Cons

Brutally cost conscious. Profit is everything. Lots of care taken about the company's image externally, no support for individuals who work there. You have to be comfortable being entirely self-sufficient to be happy working here. It's not as great a company to have on your CV as you may think.

3.0
May 27, 2017

Great benefits and co-workers, but bad upper-management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay and benefits are tremendous (very hard to find anywhere else), and if you're ambitious enough, there is unlimited opportunity. They're also great, if you need time off to take care of yourself and/or your family.

Cons

They want nothing but ambitious leaders. Being a solid performer is not enough. The longer you're there, the bigger the bulls eye is on your back. Every year, they get rid of the "bottom 5%" of the employees, no matter how well they perform. It's a bad model. Also, training has become almost non-existent, so most of the time you're on your own to train yourself, on top of all of the many other demands on your time. It's a very high stress environment.

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