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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,882 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,882 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      54K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 27, 2009

      The Real World at Microsoft

      Solution specialist
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1) Knowledge transfer and education 2) Company benefits 3) The people in product teams are enthusiastic and positive about the products. Microsoft is a great company to work for if you are trying to improve your resume and develop thought leadership within a typical vertical industry.

      Cons

      1) VERY political work environment. 2) Not a great deal of personal growth opportunties for minorities. 3) An army of One. Microsoft is extremely focused on unrealistic yearly ratings and they continue to rewards independent contributors, which can hurt someone who's had an above average year and over 100% of quota.

      3.0
      Feb 27, 2009

      KT's Microsoft

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits - extremely good healthcare plan, club membership, ride share, store, facilities. If you can handle intense politics and leave your conscience at home AND are concerned about rising healthcare costs, Microsoft is a good pick as an employers

      Cons

      Microsoft is a boys club and there are a few ways to be successful there 1. Treat your job as "just a job". No raises, no career development...just something that gets you a paycheck and those wonderful benefits. You can have a '9-5' schedule, take long lunches, show "work contribution" as bieng equal to amount of email you do in the day . Be seen, be social and be barely productive. This will ensure you keep you job, get prompted every 5-7 years and allow you to lead a comfortable, though professionally unsatisfactory life 2. Leave you conscience at home and condition yourself to be ethically 'grey'. I use the word grey since that was how my manager asked me to this of it. I was told on occassion that while customer is right, it is important to do right by the team.. you will be asked to "think of the key message not numbers", "gloss the details", "fudge the numbers". If you can do this, yes you have a career at Microsoft. 3. Join the boys club : Microsoft is a boys club. Those that drink together, plot together. And If you can crack the code on being on the inside AND do #2, success if yours.

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