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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,880 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 53,880 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 12, 2009

      Microsoft treading in dangerous waters.

      Operations engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The Benefits are outstanding, the pay is competitive, and the prestige behind the company name opens a lot of doors. It's a very exciting place to work, if you're on the right team, because of the unique mix of cutting edge hardware and software.

      Cons

      They tend not to value anyone not producing code or selling it. They need to understand how important it is to have a foundation underneath to produce and test their code. They seem content to just outsource these positions, not knowing how much guidance these developers and testers need to manage their space effectively.

      4.0
      Feb 11, 2009

      Don't buy yahoo.

      Release program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are many opportunities for movement both vertically and horizontally. The company is working on almost every kind of software you can think off from health management systems to GPS navigation to CRM. It is great to work at a firm where software is put first. There benefits are excellent especially the health benefits, free drinks at work and great commuter services including free Seattle Metro bus passes.

      Cons

      Work Life balance is hard to achieve when everyone is putting in many hours. Most people I have encountered continue working once they go home and at a minimum log in to respond to emails until late into the night.

      4.0
      Feb 10, 2009

      Good place to work

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

      Pros

      Working with new technology. Learning how to do engineering at a large scale. Also it opens a lot of doors for future employment. Very flexible with hours. Very much about getting quality work done and not caring about how long it take to get that work done. So that can be good or bad depending on how you work.

      Cons

      It is a huge company, you need to compete to stand out. But as long as you are willing to work hard it should be ok. There is some inter team compition for rewards, on my teams it was healthy but I know on some other teams that kind of dynamic caused problems.

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