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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,738 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

      3.5

      Senior management

      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,738 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
      Jun 11, 2008

      Steve is a great salesman, but not a terrific strategist or visionary.

      human resources manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great opportunity to learn how to run for political office; the skills you gain from the networking and navigating will be beneficial when you look for another job either internally or externally. Microsoft doesn't have great pay, but they do offer good benefits.

      Cons

      Work/Life balance is poor. Microsoft overall is not operating in business reality; they spend money unnecessarily and are not disciplined with priorities of development projects.

      4.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Great place to work

      Senior lead software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Despite complains, we're actually very well paid. Developers are respected as the leaders and drivers of the company, which isn't true in most places. If you get bored in what you're working on, the company has many different technologies to work from and it is relatively easy to switch jobs after a year. Great job stability. If you are talented then you never have to worry about finding work. Work/Life balance is great (though this isn't true for every team).

      Cons

      There are two major downsides. First, our bonuses are small compared to other companies so our total compensation is often lower. We more than make up for it in stock awards but those take 5 years to pay out. And second, we are located in Redmond, WA. WA is an absolutely dismal place for about 90% of the year and it takes some serious getting used to.

      5.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Excellent Workplace!

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Excellent Benefits, HR VP is great and has good employee empathy Good growth opportunity

      Cons

      Huge organization and can get lost if not careful.

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