Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(54,022 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 54,022 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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54K reviews
4.0
Jul 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. working with smart people. 2. working on cool technologies. 3. multiple options available within the company for people looking to move.

Cons

1. as the company is so huge sometimes it becomes difficult to gain visibility or to be associated with a role where you can have a huge business impact.

3.0
Jul 7, 2010

Not the place it used to be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very flexible working environment, nice canteens and coffee shops. Big brand, well-known by everyone. Cool brands like Xbox, Zune and Windows. Lots of smart people, some quite nice! Very relaxed working environment with shop, dry cleaning, "massage parlour" and lots of Xboxes.

Cons

Ugly grey buildings on outskirts of Reading, looking increasingly tired and in need of a refurb. Quite a lot of career-obsessed people who are highly political and will tread on others to progress. Senior management team "talks the talk" but rarely "walks the walk", they're rarely more than drones for the Redmond bosses. Scorecard mentality crushes all hopes of local innovation and intelligent problem-solving. Little genuine passion for customers; the rewards for getting hold of all their money are far greater. Dwindling investment in training, just pointless mandatory online training to create more drones.

5.0
Jul 7, 2010

Microsoft is a great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The best benefits you can find in US employment Soft compensation is excellent and annual stock awards are awesome Great training and development programs The best review and goal system I have seen

Cons

Base pay is only average Decision making can be top down with minimal thought around the down line

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