Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,853 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 53,853 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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4.0
Oct 19, 2008
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Pros

The New Microsoft is a great place for college-grads and people who are earlier in their career. It is an awesome place to gain industry experience quickly and to gain respect by working at an industry leader.

Cons

Microsoft is too bureaucratic and political in some groups. Also, unlike the old days, who you know and nepotism plays a large part in how far and how quickly you advance career-wise. There are groups that are more entrepreuneurial and that are more like the Old Microsoft in the 90's, but those groups are few and far between.

4.0
Oct 19, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's a challenging place with lots of super bright people. Overall, it can be very exciting and energizing. If you have a good idea, with determination and luck you can see it materialize into a product or a feature that impacts millions of people. The performance review process is fair and has improved considerably in the last few years. Additionally, the benefits are very generous and have also improved in the last few years.

Cons

It's a megacorp with a fair amount of red tape and reduced agility. At its heart, it's an engineering focused culture that seems to have a hard time connecting with the desires/needs of its consumer customers. Moreover, there's a fair amount of career driven product design and strategy that seems wasteful.

3.0
Oct 18, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Look great on resume, so you can get a senior, manager, position on startups. Get much more money. A lot of smat people, and a lot of rains in Seattle, of course you must be the person who love rainings :)

Cons

Boring, since it's a big company with long history, I guess peope will loose motivation to develop themselves when working there. After only 1 year working with them, I already lost my motivation to work. And the traffic in Seattle is horrible, no public transports, you must use your car or you can walk, ah one more choice, you live next to the building.

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