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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,756 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

      3.4

      Senior management

      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,756 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
      Jun 24, 2011

      Still stuck in the 90's. Typical corporate environment, reward the butt kissers and forget the true talents.

      Designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The medical benefits are great and the care package as well! But even that is changing.

      Cons

      They value visibility more than making a great product and that takes away your time more + effort in assuring product quality System or process is made to make management be ahead while you are left behind cleaning their mess. Management is only concerned about their success, you are just a pawn to them if you don't have seniority. Management will take your ideas and hard work and claim it as theirs. Company process is still stuck in the 90's. They don't like change and are afraid of risk and good ideas. Your 150% effort and hard work is not enough, you need to cut your arm and your leg to get ahead or stab someone in the back. Work and Life balance is very poor. Stingy, cheap, penny pinching - (anything that describes Scrooge) Morale = low

      4.0
      Mar 22, 2011

      Overall very good, however I see that things are sliding

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

      Pros

      * Work Life Balance is a keystone for management to base decisions on (family comes first) * Able to work from home when needed * Company paid bus service (private bus service avaialble to full time employees to get you into work) * Relocation package is (when I was hired) gold star: full pack and move without having to pay a dime. * Engineering process is truly an all hands exercise driven by everybody on the team who has feedback.

      Cons

      * Health care is now on par with other companies rather than being a gold plated standard (you better be single and healthy, or starting in 2013 you will pay out of pocket) * Midyear review process is meh...twice now I've gotten conflicting feedback, and End of year reviews in my product team is decided prior to any employee feedback. * Constant battle of having to "herd cats" with upper managment, and controlling their expectations versus what your product actually does * Unfortunately Puget Sound area is a higher cost of living when compared elsewhere, and unfortunately housing is hideously expensive.

      2.0
      Feb 10, 2011

      Great benefits but uninspiring work and really confused management.

      Software engineer ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent Benefits - Healthcare support is excellent, I have gotten so many expensive procedures and tests done from the best doctors and not had to pay a single penny. Also great for families for this very reason **Although most benefits will erode by 2013 Broad portfolio of products - If you get bored of working on office products, you can work on xbox or search (bing) or developer tools (visual studio). Microsoft makes everything! Good support staff and facilities - Shuttle bus services, prime card discounts etc. etc. Good Innovative work in VERY SELECT groups. Just pray you get into one of them and never get re-orged out.

      Cons

      - Re-orgs - I have been in this company or almost 3 years and switched teams twice and barely got to write any code, why? Because the group cannot decide its org structure so it keeps re-orging and the developers as a result never get to really *work* on stuff. I've noticed this in two different organizations (servers & tools and Bing). Re-orgs are KILLING employee morale, wasting company money and serving no real purpose. - Too much bureacracy - I have to jump through hoops to switch to a different job within the same company. Ordering a freakin' Book is a nightmare. - Bubble effect - Most people are heavily soaked in the company kool-aid and don't realize that Microsoft products are slowly getting irrelevant in the market. Some people don't even have a clue about what the competitive products are out there. People will have intellectually dishonest debates with you just to satiate their over inflated ego rather than understand what a hole the company is in. - Very low on CREATIVITY, very little ORIGINALITY. Everyone likes to do things in an certain way - its like a government job. - Lot of politics at Principal and General Manager Level. Sometimes who speaks the loudest gets ahead - although its a truism in most places but its sad to see this happen in a technical, facts driven company. - There is SOME exciting work happening, but you need to be in the right place and pray to got that you don't get re-orged out.

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