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      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

      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 53,879 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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      54K reviews
      3.0
      Jan 26, 2009

      Microsoft - from great to good

      Lead software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft was one of the greatest places to work in this industry as you got to work alongside great people and solve difficult problems for the entire world. There are only a few companies that you can work at that truly make a difference in everyone's lives.

      Cons

      Somewhere along the way the upper management lost sight of the ball and kept looking for the next billion dollar business without realizing that the current billion dollar businesses started from humble beginnings. The lean mean machine that was Microsoft when I joined back in the mid-90's has long gone - middle age has not been kind.

      3.0
      Jan 25, 2009

      inflexible behemoth with great benefits

      Product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, good pay, many other perks.

      Cons

      it all depends on the team and who you know. it is much easier to go out of the company, get a promotion and come back in at a higher level than work your way up. even though there are annual reviewes, individual goals are not alinged with those of the ocmpany and many teams end up working on the same stuff or simply waisting company resources if it's in the GM's interests to gorw his/her org.

      3.0
      Jan 23, 2009

      Good benefits, interesting work, but it's at a steep price and the management is stinky

      Group product manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people, great benefits, and really interesting work if you're on the right team. If you succeed there's good money in it. Product launches can be a lot of fun and there can be great team camaraderie if you get in with the right group. Choose where you work carefully. Being technical, even in non-technical assignments, is a huge help. You get exposure to people places and things that you might not in other places and it paves the way for whatever you want to do post Microsoft. You'll learn skills that you will take with you whatever you do next.

      Cons

      Time consuming - you're expected to be there 24/7. That's fine when you're fresh out of school but it doesn't work when you want to start a family (which is why I left). If you aren't protected by someone higher up, forget growth opportunities. People just aren't very nice to each other when the heat is on - it tends to be toxic. Senior management (i.e people who are directors and above) are not seasoned or trained at all. As a result getting constructive career direction can be difficult. Also because favoritism is rampant it impacts morale in a negative manner.

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