Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,745 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 53,745 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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3.0
May 2, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

World class benefits unmatched by any other employer; one of the richest and most active internal technical communities; resources available on the intranet rivals what is publicly available on the Internet at large; every organization's budget includes "Morale" for off-site events, social gatherings, and fun; access to company store where software costs 10% of list price; employee only discounts and deals offered by Microsoft customers and partners; free membership to the Pro Club in Puget Sound; Fully paid relocation including reimbursement of real estate commission, packing of your house, shipment of automobiles, and spending money; on campus towel stocked locker rooms and gourmet cafeteria

Cons

Advertised compensation being better than 2/3 of the industry means that salary is not very competitive with other technical companies in the area; Not-invented-here syndrome wastes productivity on creating technology that already exists; Some groups thrive on bureaucracy and preservation of job security at the expense of agility and efficiency; No on-site day care; choice of funds for 401(k) is limited and underperforming; average length of time for pay grade promotion is 3 years; too much project management; outsourced internal services look great on paper but leave much to be desired by those forced to use it; no free food

4.0
May 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Microsoft gives you access to Billions of customers. This is something most companies can't even dream of offering. If you're the kind of person that likes to see impact, then Microsoft is probably the best place to work. The people are wonderful and the campus is beautiful. Moreover the work culture is very casual. I used to walk into work at 1pm sometimes, Microsoft isnt face-time driven and your schedule is given a lot of importance, all you have to do is meet your deadlines. Microsoft gives you access to the most customers and to the best exit opportunities in the industry.

Cons

The management can get a little beaureacratic from time to time.

4.0
May 1, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is no better workplace in the world of High Tech companies to achieve Accomplishment, Challenge, Stability, Experience, Flexibility. 1. Achieve accomplishment because you know that the products and services you build will most likely impact millions of people all over the world. This is a very powerful reason to wake up and come to work every morning. 2. Challenge yourself to be as good as you can be to contribute to a team with some of the best minds in the industry. 3. Develop a work and life balance that is not possible in most of the startup and smaller companies who expect your long term family and personal priorities be sacrificed for their short term gain. 4. Gain invaluable experience and discipline in building world-class software. This experience alone will make you a much complete professional and can be transfered to other places. 5. Flexibility and choice on the type of work, the specific project and the way of working that best matches your own interests and skills. Not to mention unlimited training opportunities, flexible work hours and balance of work and life priorities.

Cons

Lack of good "people managers", Troublesome process to recognize and award achievements, LAck of cross-group collaboration.

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