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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,831 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 53,831 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
      2.0
      Jul 20, 2008

      Mixed feeling.

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Smart people. Good work-life balance. Good training opportunities. Microsoft generally offers a variety of classes at their campuses (such as the SVC campus) so you can usually find something you like. Microsoft medical benefit is still No. 1 in the industry. So take advantage of it while you can.

      Cons

      Slow career growth. Lower pay comparing to other tech companies. Hugely political review system. Team members are pit against each other at review time. Low merit raise overall.

      4.0
      Jul 18, 2008

      Microsoft at the Center of the World

      Marketing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft believes its mission is to provide people around the world with tools that enable them to make their lives better. Tools that empower people to communicate, solve problems and innovate. Its a noble cause, for which one can feel some measure of pride. Microsoft is growing, perhaps not as much as we would all like, but it is increasing employees every year. The opportunities across professional disciplines, businesses and geographies are significant. Want to work overseas? Pick a country; transferring is relatively easy. Want to work on an incubation product, or perhaps the big dog Windows? Ok. Transferring between business groups can be done too. One can amass a diver portifolio of experiences here. It offers a unique career development landscape. And because Microsoft has such a diverse set of businesses, it can weather economic or geographic risk pretty well, meaning it is a place where one can feel some semblance of job security.

      Cons

      Microsoft is now a very large company. It has all the problems faced by other large compnaies: too much process, too many stakeholders to make decisions quickly, becoming political at the top, too disconnected from customers. It is a complex matrix that can often get in the way of doing the right thing, and doing it quickly.

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