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4.8

93% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

100% approve of CEO

87% positive business outlook

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4.8

Culture & values

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Senior management

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Work/Life balance

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12 reviews
4.0
Oct 20, 2014

Great place to work with brilliant individual contributors but less than stellar middle management

Senior software development engineer lead
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Pros

Everyday is a new learning at work. The people around, especially the individual contributors, are mostly very smart and there is hardly any day when you don't feel like you are not being challenged.

Cons

Leadership can sometimes hold you back. Too many people who have been here for a really long time are occupying positions in middle management without making much of a difference to the product/people. Many of these people are too rigid to change and are opposed to any semblance of a change. This is usually the source of slower innovation. I am however optimistic with the arrival of Satya though. He is making the right noises and backing it up with some sound decisions.

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.

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