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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,972 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      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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      4.0
      Sep 4, 2008

      gr8 place to work but too many poor middle managers without focus

      Software development engineer in test (sdet) ii
      Recommend
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      Pros

      great challenging work and high calibre smart co-workers. The work is great but often directionless . Often Big Bets are Off and realignments in organisations cause frustration among the employees who having worked on stuff for some time are not happy to see their work scrapped. All this because of poor communication from the middle managers to the ICs . As an organisation there is an excellent oppurtunity to learn tons of things and i would recommend it to every engineer/ p rogrammer as a very good place to work.Also benefits are good- Medical,Flex Time etc are great if you are having a family.

      Cons

      old boys network, bureaucratic when changes are concerned

      3.0
      Aug 3, 2008

      Seen alot

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great brand name to have on the resume. Access to marketing globally. Best benefits in the industry. Offices in great places to live.

      Cons

      Leadership is poor. Career advancement is the good old boys network on steriods. Pooer strategic design, poor execution capability, ADD in general is the culture. If you can survive it, it can be ok - but stay too long and you're unemployable elsewhere. Too long at MSFT makes you culturally poluted.

      5.0
      Jul 14, 2008

      Great Company to start working at!

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great international team, very interesting people among industry, seasonal trips to Redmond/US or to European countries as a part of learnings/conferences participation, good salary, great benefits, a realistic way to become promoted, support from management, big willingness from management to get people grow at company not leave. At Microsoft Russia, you spend your time not just in a hard work but in a work where you love it, it is very common situation that people start working by reading/answering to email on Sunday evening, and even in vacations you still remember of your job and very want to get back to it :)

      Cons

      as in all situations when you love your work, work/life balance is something that needs to be changed :) Microsoft makes it a big challenge for people - you will want to work each day regardless it is a work or weekend day. As sub is growing each year, not all managers are yet enough experienced to lead teams with different people, so there is a good need to get them more experienced. Good thing to say, Senior Management is taking care of that, and it worries in order to help young managers to better understand needs of their teams and help them both to grow together and build the common success.

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