Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,865 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 53,865 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).

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54K reviews
4.0
Aug 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits with health insurance, legal support, and gym membership. It is a true software company if software engineering is indeed your passion.

Cons

Base pay and RSUs are lower than industry. Because of that the good people leave for better pay eventually. This causes not only churn, but also reduces the quality of the engineers eventually. Satya did a good job on the image of the company, however when you are inside, many things are the same. Diversity and inclusion is a joke. Most upper mid-level management (some M2s, most directors, DEs, junior VPs) resist to change, so organizations, ICs, M1s get stuck in between.

3.0
Jul 20, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

So many teams you can join. if you have a good team you have so many opportunities to grow. very good benefits.

Cons

each team has their own culture and management strategy. Overall Microsoft is trying to cut costs on everything. the work place is not fun anymore. they changed the activity and play areas to work stations. its mostly open space which can be very distracting. the review system is a total disaster. HR doesnt care about your complaints. if a manager doesnt like you he can really ruin your career at Microsoft. some managers run their teams like its own private company, dont follow Microsoft guidelines and have nepotism.

3.0
May 9, 2019

Average Experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The salary and benefits are great

Cons

Discrimination of women and minorities

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