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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,814 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      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 53,814 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
      Jun 20, 2008

      Kool-Aid Not Good for Future

      Senior product manager--bg
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Microsoft is interesting in that it presents some of the most difficult challenges a huge company faces in this era. I found many of Microsoft's employees particularly outside of Redmond to be stellar and delightful collaborators.

      Cons

      The culture is BROKEN. This place will suck the soul out of you. I think all of Microsoft's challenges essentially are a result of a company not growing up. It is inbred, the senior management layer is peopled with individuals who 1. likely started their career at MS in 198X or 199X, and 2. haven't seen what's going on in the rest of the world. They all have the same orthodoxies and it's killing them. A huge piece of not growing up is holding on to the management philosophy that essentially pits people against each other to survive and be promoted. Microsoft never gets 1+1=3 because there's really no such thing as a team there.

      3.0
      Jun 20, 2008

      Microsoft is almost a victim of its own success

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The power of a giant in the industry. Microsoft has been around for so many years, yet it has continued to grow and expand, into new product and service areas. Although with varying degree of success, there is no question the giant is a force to be recognized in almost every area that it chooses to enter.

      Cons

      Too big a machine and too many suits running too many shows. Having so many initiatives going on at any given time would certainly imply there are a lot of wasted effort that goes nowhere. Despite of the corporate resources, it is questionable the huge investment in research is really the way to invest in the future. The true startup model is a lot more competitivie.

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