Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,879 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,879 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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4.0
Feb 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company treats their employees really well. Good name brand, and stable career. If you ever want to switch out of the company, other employers will look at the Microsoft brand with praise. Pays above average. The cost of living in the Washington area is not too high either. The area is really nice in the summer. You will have access to the mountains and lake.

Cons

Some of you might not like the Seattle/Washington area. Personally, I prefer more of urban culture. Seattle is pretty nice, but it rains a lot. Things can also move a little slow at Microsoft, but it depends whether or not that bothers you. Sometimes, it's nicer just having a slower pace work environment.

3.0
Jan 31, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Job stability, fun products, pay is OK, lots of talented people, free pop and tea keeps you energized. For those living near, free transportation.

Cons

Poor documentation of processes and little training. Not very opened to take inputs from people with greater knowledge on certain matters. Too much contracting offsees leave gaps on outgoing quality.

3.0
Jan 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You constanly work with the latest Microsoft technologies. You have hundreds of product groups that you can interview with to find one that you very interested in. You work with smart people for the most part. So you can grow professionally unlike any other place.

Cons

No exposure to the real world, technologies on other platoforms. Most of the time you are competing with your team mates for a good review. This fosters a poisonous environment, lack of cooperations, backstabbing and so on. This is perhaps the biggest downside to working at Microsoft. However, most other large companies have similar issues.

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