Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,719 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 53,719 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
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Being on the inside of one of the most successful software companies ever.

Cons

As an american engineer with 20 years experience, and a familiy with 3 kids, I simply could not compete with all the young talent imported from other countries, making half my salary and working 80hrs a week. At my level, I was expected to put in more hours, and consistently got bad reviews NOT because of anything I did, but by comparison to my peers. Unsustainable.

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you get to work with make it one of the best companies in the world

Cons

Large companies can be challenging or even frustrating places at times. It takes a while to get the ship to change course and this requires patience on the part of employees.

4.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Microsoft is a great company to work for. the pay is quite good in comparison with others (I guess it is better than the 65 percentile that HR claims), management allows for flexible hours, and the work environment is great.

Cons

A lot of politics, whether in the corporate HQ or in the field. Certain decisions seem to point towards lack of strategy and vision, and the stock plan nowadays sucks big time (should have dropped it completely and just offer additional cash compensation).

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