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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,836 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      Microsoft has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 53,836 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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      2.0
      Apr 2, 2018

      Use to be a great place to work now it's a sinking ship ...

      Principal program manager
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      Pros

      There are still some smart people working Great benefits but it's getting reduced every year Exposure to various MS products

      Cons

      It's a sinking ship, failure of products and projects one after another due to bad mid level leaders. Leadership team work like a mafia. If you are not a friend of CEO's favorites, you will get used, drained and spit as collateral to make them look good. Don't make the mistake of hoping you might be a one too. Diversity programs are run to bring more folks from India as cheep labor Growth mind set - is used to put talented senior people with low paid employees hoping they will pick up your skills Limited technology and exposure that is very internalized, as a result your value and knowledge will significantly degrade. Don't feel they are leading in the industry and have a good long term vision.

      1.0
      Dec 25, 2017

      Pro & Cons from a 19 year microsoft veteran

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Global organization with a lot of historical growth & leadership A lot of opportunity to work on different enterprise technologies Historical opportunities to try out different roles although the company is now standardizing to Software Engineers only

      Cons

      A lot of internal politics and unfair HR policies/people Ageism very proactive at the cost of losing expensive IP & retraining costs Profit trumps everything else

      3.0
      May 27, 2017

      Great benefits and co-workers, but bad upper-management

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The pay and benefits are tremendous (very hard to find anywhere else), and if you're ambitious enough, there is unlimited opportunity. They're also great, if you need time off to take care of yourself and/or your family.

      Cons

      They want nothing but ambitious leaders. Being a solid performer is not enough. The longer you're there, the bigger the bulls eye is on your back. Every year, they get rid of the "bottom 5%" of the employees, no matter how well they perform. It's a bad model. Also, training has become almost non-existent, so most of the time you're on your own to train yourself, on top of all of the many other demands on your time. It's a very high stress environment.

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