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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,764 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,764 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
      5.0
      Jun 11, 2008

      Microsoft amazing place to work, however company direction needs to change

      Software development engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The compensation is good bordering on great. The top performers in a group have the chance to make a large bonus (bordering on $20k) and also get a large stock bonus (an additional $20-40k, albeit vested over 5 years). The biggest drive for me is working on a product that millions of people are using around the world, and building technology from the ground up that many developers will leverage. Read: Visibility. Benefits are second to none. Microsoft honestly has the best health insurance of any company I've ever seen, as its A. Free, B. Covers %100 of everything. Beyond that there are a lot of great, smart people you have the opportunity to work with.

      Cons

      I've had the chance to work with two different groups at Microsoft and comparing the two is like comparing two different companies. One was like working at IBM, the other was like working for a web startup. Before picking a position at Microsoft MAKE SURE YOU GET TO MEET THE TEAM, as not doing your homework can show you the bad side of a company that is struggling to find itself again. In that vein, a lot of people internally are dissatisfied with the direction the company is going compared to other companies such as Apple and Google.

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