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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,918 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 53,918 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 IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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      54K reviews
      3.0
      Mar 11, 2009

      Great place to work. Not the right fit if you are career oriented and ambitious.

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft has by and large smart people. You will spend your day interacting with them, and they in turn will stretch you. People are passionate about what they work on, are vocal about it, and you will like most of your colleagues. Great access to information across the company - from other teams to the library and Microsoft Research. It is also a great place to experience different kinds of technology and you can move with relative ease across the company. Benefits are amazing. Work-life balance is highly possible. The culture is in general very inclusive.

      Cons

      If you are looking to make money, rise rapidly, Microsoft is not for you. There are layers upon layers of management and bureaucracy. Promotions are often handed out, not based on your merit, but on how well your manager can argue for you. Projects can go on indefinitely as management can often be clueless or lacking the spine to make changes. Microsoft is slow to react to changes in the market. If an organization is under-performing, it will be atleast 2 years before a change in leadership happens, and another 3 before the right direction is visible in the market. In the meantime, competition can have a field day.

      5.0
      Mar 8, 2009

      Interesting employer

      Consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      smart people around to learn from. good knowledge sharing. Organized in terms of benefits, and making your job easier. Good benefits, though salary is not top notch.

      Cons

      very corporate, large company. some changes take loads of time. innovation is not the main focus anymore (my feeling). products get standardized and commodotized. From my experience innovation stays in Redmond if at all.

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