Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,879 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 53,879 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
1.0
Aug 21, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good work-life balance - you don't work a lot. Good benefits. Good location. Free parking. Quiet neighbourhood. Generally friendly people. Large support community due to number of employees concentrated in one location. Lots of amenities and facilities such as common rooms, athletic facilities, playgrounds, parks, gardens, company store, visitor center, etc.

Cons

The company has no focus or direction. The employees are in an Orwellian state of denial. There is no honest discussion about pros/cons of any product. There is no direct honest discussion on decisions. Everything is awesome. Everything has already won. Bing is a winner. Windows Phone killed the iPhone in 2010. Windows 8 has killed the iPad by just being announced. Any other opinion, and you shall be branded a traitor.

1.0
Aug 3, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, great benefits, great work life balance. This is not a job that asks you to work weekends or miss time with your family.

Cons

Every day is Emperor's New Clothes all over again. For anyone who has worked outside of MS, the cognitive dissonance is too much. I have loved what I do my entire 20 year career, but for the first time I dread going to work.

2.0
May 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting projects, cutting edge technology, great benefits, flex time, educational opportunities.

Cons

Cut-throat environment, people don't help each other grow. Probably due to performance review system. Depressing.

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