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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,831 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,831 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
      4.0
      Aug 7, 2008

      great place to start

      Program manager ii
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      breath of product groups to chose from, well defined career path, brand recognition, opens up opportunities elsewhere once you have msft on resume. great benefits package - proclub, health insurance, dental coverage. large campus with football, basketball, volleyball fields - lot of sports leagues, flexible time, option to work remotely, presence all over the world - opportunity to travel overseas to take short term assignment or projects. flexibility and say in the kind of work you do, especially as a developer. ease in moving between different groups - great internal career website to facilitate that. one of the few places where people are generally smart and level headed

      Cons

      large company, deal with red-tape and bureocrasy

      4.0
      Aug 6, 2008

      Good place to work

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good work environment and great benefits. Work/life balance isn't bad at all although this is something you need to actively manage otherwise work does tend to take over your life.

      Cons

      Too many meetings. As I mentioned it's somewhat hard to get the work/life balance right at times.

      3.0
      Aug 6, 2008

      Microsoft, Room for improvement

      Director program management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft has a very extensive breadth of opportunity, across a variety of job functions and product lines. Transitioning between products is encouraged (as long as it is not taken to an excess). Most product lines have an amazing ability to make a broad and global impact on people's lives. In specific roles, your work can make a tremendous difference to the success of a product. To top it all off, there is a relatively fantastic benefits package, especially when you factor in healthcare costs.

      Cons

      As a large company, your ability to impact the stock price signficantly as an individual is non-existent and you must rely on less lucrative reward systems which are and highly competitive. Due to its size and approach, Microsoft does not invest in business opportunities that are small, even if the relative payback ratio could be high, resulting in a diminished entrepeneurial capability. The company has an adolescent management culture, without functioning and proven frameworks for growing its next set of leaders. The competitive review rating system ensures that folks that are great contributors but have reach the highest level of competence are forced out to competitors after a time.

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