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4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

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Satya Nadella

77% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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4.0
Jul 6, 2017
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Pros

Great place to learn and grow and grow at scale Open to new things now and not so closed off as in the past Truly collaborative within your team and getting better outside of your immediate teams... Embrace the concepts of being able to leverage each other all the time (and now expect this across the Company) + contributing to other's success (not just a tagline but truly happens). Correct CEO- excellent leader and just what we needed to become relevant again

Cons

Work Life Balance can sometimes be a challenge (not too crazy like Amazon) but you have to really manage your own boundaries otherwise it will consume you Can be a bit difficult to navigate and know who is who in order to get stuff done- highly matrixed Political in some groups meaning who likes who, who has a good rep and using that to their advantage otherwise if you don't play that game you are left in the dust Pay is fine but not as strong as it should be For our org specifically, we do not really reward people for the work they really produce or make impact on (there are still some pockets of the old ways in HR).

5.0
Jul 5, 2017

Great place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Satya has really turned around the culture. Work-life balance is great and the compensation & benefits are great. The employees here are also very talented. It's actually a funny balance, they are talented enough to be motivated, yet people aren't over-qualified (like some other tech companies) which means it's reasonable to work on a meaningful project.

Cons

It can feel bureaucratic (read: slow) at times. Not much different than any other large tech company.

5.0
Jul 5, 2017

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Pros

- Exciting and challenging work environment - Good pay with excellent benefits - No stories of people crying at their desks (like at another local tech company) - World-class competition and disrupters facilitate an environment where innovation and risk-taking are encouraged

Cons

- Big set of products and services across the gamut of IT makes it challenging to coordinate and align activities - Legacy products and customers can be a drag on competing against companies born in the cloud

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