Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,836 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).
The best reasons to work at Microsoft:
- Access to new technologies
- On site food/Starbucks
- Intelligent People to work with
- Awesome library
- Access to most needed resources
- Medical benefits are awesome
- Software discounts
- Satisfaction from helping customers
- Great labs to work in.
- Very diverse, respectful culture
- high degree of independence in my daily working
-opportunitues to move into different roles and growth areas
- cool factor
- Zune
= xbox
Cons
Downsides:
- long hours
- angry customers
- high management overhead
- outsorced support
- dental plan not the greatest
Ratings trend for the last 6 months (53,836 reviews)
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Microsoft has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 68,387 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 71% 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.
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.
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.
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