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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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54K reviews
2.0
Nov 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great medical and vision benefits, reasonable dental ones. Mature, stable company with relatively good payment. Relatively flexible working hours.

Cons

Career growth is limited, once you enter the company. Minor promotions happen on annual basis. If you enter the company in lower level, you have no chance of moving up, regardless of performance. Work-life balance does not exist in many teams. The company sets unreasonable expectation for responsiveness, causing employees to reply to e-mails across the clock. Directions are not set clearly and there is significant randomization. Communication channels and responsibilities are also not well defined across the company. Teams rarely work well together, as the culture is competitive instead of collaborative.

4.0
Nov 25, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Working with lots of smart people - Many chances for professional growth - A Microsoft experience can help you land new jobs - Great benefits

Cons

- Big company, too many duplicated efforts, and not enough communication between groups - Sometimes it feels like the different groups don't cooperate, which is frustrating at times

4.0
Nov 24, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Considerable opportunity to work in many different types of businesses. Also, the ability to switch between management and individual contributor status throughout one's career while continuing to maintain or increase one's salary grade in the company.

Cons

It's huge, and the spread of one's work gets to be overwhelming as a result. Also, the review and compensation model is getting clearer, but is still fairly convoluted and most people have no idea how reviews are formulated.

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