Is Microsoft a good company to work for?

Microsoft has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 68,562 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 77% of employees would recommend working at Microsoft to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Microsoft have been left by employees working as Software Engineering , CEO-Founder and Specialist .

Does Microsoft pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Microsoft employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Microsoft. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Microsoft?

77% of Microsoft employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Microsoft 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Microsoft?

Software Engineer (6645) , Senior Software Engineer (1749) , Program Manager (1399) , Software Engineer II (1042) , Software Development Engineer (888) , Senior Program Manager (860) , Product Manager (725) , Intern (690) , Technical Support Engineer (686) , Software Developer (669) , Software Development Engineer (SDE) (631) , Consultant (547) , Software Engineer(Internship) (535) , Director (531) , Project Manager (480)

What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6275 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5354 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4361 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4019 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2100 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1454 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1194 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 767 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 488 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 448 reviews))

What are employees saying about Microsoft layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Microsoft layoffs and their outlook for job security at Microsoft in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Microsoft locations?

Redmond , Seattle , New York , Bellevue , Atlanta , San Francisco , Mountain View , Dallas , Washington , Charlotte , Los Angeles , Chicago , Reston , Houston , Boston , Irving , Austin , Fargo , San Jose , Cambridge , Sunnyvale , San Diego , Denver , Miami , Raleigh , Fort Lauderdale , Issaquah , Minneapolis , Palo Alto , Reno

Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,972 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

70% 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

3.4

Senior management

Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,972 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

3.0

Oct 29, 2008

Good benefits, good people, management needs improvement

Sales operations

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company offers good salaries and a good benefits package. It definitely looks good on your resume if you decide to leave. You work with some very intelligent people who are passionate about the company and its products.

Cons

The downsides are pretty standard for any huge corporation. Lots of Microsoftees are pretty "religious" about their products and often have a hard time accepting that the IT world is a big green garden where different types of flowers can flourish without interfering with each other. The small Austrian subsidiary was suffering from poor executive management, which caused many good employees to leave.

3.0

Oct 10, 2008

great company but limited career advancement opportunities

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The name of Microsoft on your CV is great to have. There is a supportive collegiate atmoshere where the employees help out each other without the dog-eat-dog atmoshere of other companies. There is a fantastic work-life balance where time off is not just permitted but promoted. They value employees and their families. The benefits package is flexible and is very reasonable - perhaps the best I have had in my career to date. The tools you get to do your job are cool. They are very focused on being "green".

Cons

Microsoft do not pay very well. It is a product-focused sales organisation (if you are in the Sales, Marketing and Services Group) when it should be embracing "Solution" selling and a consultative approach to its customers. It is now focused on short-term revenue targets and drive short-term behaviour. The upper management team is OK but somewhat ineffective; the middle-managers tend to micro-manage their team based on weekly revenue reporting. It is anticipated that you self-serve when it comes to knowledge about products etc. Email overload and too many meetings (but this is common in large comanies).

3.0

Sep 26, 2008

an ideal place to gain experience and skill

Lead software development engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- generally get to work with very smart people - get to leverage many good company technologies - usually a wide variety of projects available to work on

Cons

- limited in terms of technology when implementing web based products, especially on the AJAX side - company and teams can be very large, it can be difficult to have visibility at times

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