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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2.0
Jun 25, 2015

Roll of the dice...

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Business Outlook

Pros

- decent pay - solid benefits - flexible work schedule

Cons

Experience depends completely upon your direct manager. I've heard a good manager can make for a good experience but I have no direct evidence of such. I can, however, state categorically that MS is full of backstabbing, lying, worthless managers that would sell their own mothers for a chance to brown nose the higher-ups. Tons of worthless busywork, and the fun part is that it changes daily with no rhyme or reason (or communication) Ignore the job description, you are in sales, just without any commission.

5.0
Jun 9, 2015

Awesome Company to work at!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Positive environment, everyone's energetic and dedicated to their work. Amazing catered lunch everyday, good benefits, educative training sessions, and lots of other perks. Xamarin knows how to keep their employees happy.

Cons

Not really a con, but I think every new hire should be personally introduced to everyone in the office. It's been a few weeks since I started working and I still feel I haven't met 1/3rd of the employees. One possible reason is that the company is growing extremely fast and there are new hires coming in almost every week.

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Microsoft Response
11y
Thank you for the feedback and great suggestion re: new hire introductions! We'll work on getting something organized so everyone has a chance to meet in person.
4.0
Apr 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Individual office, casual dress (I wear jeans and sneakers). Great time off - 3 weeks of vacation for new employees plus two weeks of sick time and two floating holidays, along with paid holidays off.

Cons

tied to email. Frustrating to take time off, but feel you have to monitor your email or you are buried in it when you return.

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