Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,724 total reviews)
avatar

Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,724 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).

Reviews by job title

54K reviews
5.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Microsoft is a fantastic company that has a lot of opportunity for career diversity, growth and challenge. The benefits package is second to none. I don't have a co-pay at the Dr, and I get 4 weeks of vacation. For all of Microsoft's faults, the company really does take to heart all of the criticism of the industry and I have never seen a company where customer satisfaction is so important. A lot of people love to hate Microsoft because of some boneheaded decisions that we have made in the past and for decisions that we continue to make in small pockets. Don't sterotype the whole company because of this, and also don't stop giving us feedback. We need to hear it,

Cons

We don't always think before we act. You see this in moves that are made public and then retracted because somebody didn't realize that their actions were visible. The internet has created unbelievable transparancy, and we need to do a better job of thinking through all of our industry moves.

3.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free drinks and benefits are of course the easy tangible things to like about being at MS. The organization is also just so huge that there are lots of opportunities for level advancement and rotations elsewhere in the company (especially for devs)

Cons

The flipside of the coin of working for such a huge employer is the bureaucracy and jump through the hope policies that are never quite defined.

3.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some cool products, such as Microsoft Surface, that can make a long term impact on computing. Also, the fact is the products we work on are still used by millions of people. In addition, flexible work hours, so you rarely have someone checking the clock, and good perks in addition to the salary.

Cons

Hard to get recognized, mostly because there's so many other people in the same situation as you. That in turn makes it hard to move up quickly, so gone are the days where you become instantly rich. And since it's a large company, you often run into politics at the workplace, meaning some decisions make no sense whatsoever.

Viewing 53572 - 53574 of 53,724 Reviews

Glassdoor has 68,256 Microsoft reviews submitted anonymously by Microsoft employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Microsoft is right for you.