Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,860 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 53,860 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
Feb 20, 2010

The place to work.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

freedom, flexibility, diversity, ease to try new decipline, extremely compentent work place, fast pace, goal oriented working, full of challenges.

Cons

lost in a sea of technical talent; sometimes experience counted over performance; too much of work load, not the top salaries.

3.0
Feb 20, 2010

Drink the juice, sell your soul

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great people to work with challenging work environment opportunity to solve very hard problems i think the company does care about its people

Cons

huge company, slow moving, NO INNOVATION at all nowhere in the company are they breaking new ground that's meaningful it's embarising to evangelize the company and it's products when they're so mediocre

5.0
Feb 11, 2010
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Pros

*Brand recognition, great for resume *Work with some of the smartest people *Unparalleled health benefits (100% coverage, no co-pay on dr. visits or meds) *Pays top of the industry for high performers *Job flexibility, support your work/life balance *Company store for heavily discounted software, games, accessories *Job security

Cons

*Although the company prides itself in job security with only recently announced layoff, some underperformers stay around too long *Decision making is slower due to bureacracy

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