Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,738 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 53,738 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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1.0
Nov 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great company benefits. You can see some great people managers and leaders but also not so capable and very egoistic/arrogant who are still with the company due to their tenure. Leads to a toxic web of management circle sometimes due to their relationship with each other over years. Makes any good thing hard to surface after layers of politics.

Cons

Many old timers in top level management who talk about D&I but do not follow it. Retaliated and bullied by manager for raising a D&I issue despite strong evidence. HR didn’t act to rectify either. D&I is just in the books but not in practice at all: Some internal processes are extremely slow. Promotions are highly subjective and seem based on tenure instead of performance. Got top performer of the year last year and after raising a D&I issue within 3 months , moved to bottom most performer despite all kudos and appreciation from 360 peer feedback. Ratings are at the mercy of the manager!

4.0
Apr 3, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is the best company to work for and all benefits are great. Even though salary is average to below average.

Cons

Your manager can screw your life, and you can do nothing about it. HR is meant to support your manager do not expect anything from them. Let say you are a superstar in other team and a new team you joined manager doesn't like you and says "Insufficient Result," your career at Microsoft is screwed. You cannot switch teams, and no one will hire you. Complain to HR goes down to drain. You have only two options, leave Microsoft or wait to get fired or forget your life for the next six months. So you can become a hero to zero based on one manager stupidity.

3.0
Jun 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Working on products that help and affect many people.

Cons

Slow moving. Too many managers. Managers feel the need to prove something by changing established processes. Often, they can't explain why, they just want their review to look good. Your success depends on your manager. I had many managers, the last one was unsupportive, and became openly hostile when I complained; making up a lot of untrue things about me. HR ignored my complaints. I felt I had no choice buy to leave. Even now, I can't give away to much about my position for feat that the manager will try to retaliate.

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