Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,847 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 53,847 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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4.0
Jul 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay and benefits at Microsoft are incredibly good, especially the benefits. You also get a lot of intellectual stimulation and are challenged. Change is the norm at this company, and dramatic changes happen at least once a year.

Cons

Team is a bad word. It is VERY individual-focused and very results driven. The benefits that corp employees get (such as free public transportation, deep health club discounts, lunch delivery to your office...) is VASTLY different than the field offices (we have JUST implemented a subsidized public transportation program, and it is only temporary). Your career choices in the field are limited (the field is where we sell), and if you want to move to something different, you have to move to Redmond.

4.0
Jul 6, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. High-impact products with millions of customers. 2. Reasonable resource allocation. 3. Reasonably easy to find opportunities on different teams.

Cons

1. Process usually feels anti-agile. 2. Project management heavy and slow to respond to competition/opportunity. 3. Discipline-based silos make it difficult to collaborate as a team. 4. If you're not a "partner," you're a peon. Real classism. 5. Review process emphasizes competition with peers over team collaboration.

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