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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,827 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 53,827 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
      Jun 19, 2008

      Microsoft is a great job, but the career is difficult

      Group program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, great technology, great people. You can form a pretty good social network and you must in order to be able to find out what is going on and get things done.

      Cons

      You get pigeon holed into a position. Once you do something you always need to do that. If you come in senior from the outside, it is very hard to break through the old-guard msft folks. If you haven't done it here, you haven't done it.

      4.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Great place to work and learn

      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A great place to learn from very smart and experienced people. I sometimes hear from people at other employers complain about incomptent coworkers. While I do not agree with everyone (or may think they are arguing for a bad idea) I respect those around me a great deal and often find myself learning a great deal from them. Great opportunities for visibility both internally and externally. Internally, I find for the most part accomplishments are recognized and rewarded (either via advancement or individual awards). Externally, I can maybe name a handful of companies where your work will be seen and used by more people during the course of their day.

      Cons

      Size of the company, the anti-trust laws/rulings/settlements, and management makes coordination sometimes difficult. Can be frustrating to have projects with similar goals running that are similar but not working together. Or worse to have projects that pushing in different directions. It can sometimes feel like a few smaller compaines under one masthead rather than one unified whole. The negative perception of the company externally can at times be annoying. The myths and misconceptions regarding Microsoft are many and varied and it can take a little getting used (especially to resist the urge to correct them - which is often futile).

      4.0
      Jun 19, 2008

      Pros and cons from a 10 year veteran who been from end of the company to the other

      Senior consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The level of personal empowerment is great. You can do whatever it takes (within the bounds of company values) to get the job done. Microsoft has a number of different jobs available and you are generally supported to move from one role to another across the company or across the world.

      Cons

      Stock is no longer a huge incentive. Although there have been attempts to make incentives and promotions transparent there is still a lot of favortism that goes on. People that work the hardest aren't always or even usually the ones that the get the biggest rewards.

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