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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,875 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 53,875 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
      5.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      Great opportunities, some major flaws.

      Software design engineer
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      Pros

      Unmatchable opportunity for worldwide impact, generous benefits and pay, mostly performance-based evaluation. If you are very good at what you do, Microsoft is a great place to be - you will be rewarded handsomely for great progress. After a year at the company I've received around 75k in bonus compensation due to my success. However, this is very atypical.

      Cons

      Management is at times totally distant - there is no communication with line employees on important matters due to a lack of trust. Strong bureaucracy limits freedom and establishes an "us vs. them" mentality at times.

      5.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      Great place to work if you learn how the org works; frustrating and mysterious if you don't...

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I love working for Microsoft. It's the best job I've had. I'm a high-performer, and have been well compensated for it. I've owned my own company, and have held leadership positions in a variety of different types of orgs and can truly say that, on balance, it's awesome. Smart, talented people. Fantastic benefits. Great to have stock grants versus options (particularly given the market). Good work/life balance especially if you have a family. High degree of freedom to define your role, and manage your own business as a 'field' employee (versus Corporate). If you understand how big organizations work, and know how to navigate them, you'll do well here. Where people fall down is assuming they can change the organization without really understanding how it works first.

      Cons

      The organization is byzantine. It takes, easily, 6 months to begin to understand the basic breakdown between the different groups. It's also hard to find any one spot where you can understand how all the pieces fit together. This can be extremely frustrating initially, and also makes it difficult to find the people you need to in order to accomplish your goal. Corporate is sometimes slow to respond to either the concerns of the field, or of the customer. Incentives between parts of the organization are sometimes not well aligned. We also tend to be a little too focused on our internal organization versus the needs of the customer.

      3.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      What you would pretty much expect from a large organization

      Director
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Stability, security, benefits brought about by the size and scope of the organization. The resources are made available to you to do your job. Certain parts of the company are still very exciting places to be and having success.

      Cons

      Enviornment has become much too political. It's much too diffiuclt to get anything done - any decisions are endlessly reviewed and second guessed. Management is building fiefdoms and is scared of any change or anything that will threaten that.

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