Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,861 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 53,861 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
5.0
Feb 11, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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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

5.0
Feb 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

it is a good place to combine academia and industry experience. It gives you enough freedom to do what you would like and what you can achieve.

Cons

to work as intern, you may not get full opportunities at Microsoft as what can be given to their full time employee, no matter how well you do.

2.0
Dec 16, 2009

Working in a Microsoft Subsidiary

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Freedom to plan own work schedule - Biggest software company on earth - Relatively good salary

Cons

- Limited career development opportunities at a subsidiary - Career path only available to extroverts, management pets - Far too many processes/ on-the-job-administrative systems, no one follows them willingly - No centralised access to resources - Training is frequently pointless - No proper mentoring - Each person to his/her own - Ill equipped to service customer needs directly

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