Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,848 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 53,848 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
Sep 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working with some very bright people, whom will challenge you to get better not only in your profession, but also as a human being... That said, there will be others that will challenge you to keep your values.

Cons

lack of work-life balance. politics. The organization has in some cases lost its fire to compete quickly with competitors.

3.0
Sep 23, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people, the people, the people. Knowledge sharing is great too. Work\life balance was also never a problem however Microsoft management will work you to death if you let them.

Cons

Senior Management really doesn't care about the employee as an assest that can develop and grow further. It's become a numbers game to them. Too many outsiders came into senior vp levels and starting running the company like any other. It killed the culture.

2.0
Sep 22, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to intern. Advise against pursuing as a full-time job over the long term. Rewards, promotions, reviews are political - not merit based. More importantly, job satisfaction has hit rock-bottom because very few groups focus on building a truly successful products. Most everyone else is following another manager's orders. Very disheartening.

Cons

The company lacks a well-defined direction. Most groups are too large and organizations are too complex that a lot of effort is being wasted. This hurts because the impact of your work ends up being fairly negligible. Too many times, when saving a project from ruin, you might contribute immensely, but it's not a feather in anyone's cap and you won't receive credit for it.

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