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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,843 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

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      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 53,843 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
      3.0
      Aug 17, 2023

      Not what it used to be...

      Sr solutions specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Every year the Pros are less and less, but what keeps most around is the medical benefits and perks.

      Cons

      A lot nowadays. The speak of culture but it is just lip service. The LT gives a preso on it but never is there any action items behind it. Seems a lot of new LT, managers that want to come in and change everything. Change can be good, but first learn the Microsoft processes before you determine it needs changing. Little to no trust in SLT, say one thing, does another. Unless you are a huge self-promoter, you will never go anywhere. Seems like 25 percent of the people, do the work for the other 75 percent who doesnt.

      2.0
      Jun 9, 2023

      Microsoft Consulting Services is Dead

      Consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very fair interview process where they care more about your potential than what you memorized in school Very laid back management (because they do nothing)

      Cons

      Pay increase barely keeps up with inflation. Even if you have a killer year, won't really show that different on your bonus, raise. Pay just enough to keep you from quitting. Middle management is bloated to death, your manager has no idea what you do. They do nothing but posture and join useless meetings all day. My manager meets with me once a month so she can play pretend. Microsoft is no longer about solutions and is now about selling you things you don't need (where open source is a better choice). Technical consultants are a dying breed. If you're joining to grow your skillset in anything other than Azure, you're in the wrong place Bulls***t trainings that teach you nothing and are demoralizing and redundant Required certifications that are extremely difficult and teach you nothing Black box on how they decide bonuses (used to be a ranking system where there were empirical markers and now it's just a popularity contest) Require you do "extracurriculars" aka work outside work hours for free Money flows to the sales teams while those who work on the ground get the shaft

      1.0
      May 23, 2023

      Stresful work environment

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay and benefits and if you like working from home they fully support the work at home model.

      Cons

      As a new hire I've never felt more lost than I have at Microsoft. I've worked at 2 other companies, one of them being a fortune 500 company with a big tech sector and while I have the most experience starting this job it is by far the hardest to excel in. It's hard to get others to help because everyone's remote, and the environments we work in is so convoluted and hard to understand. I've been here a year and still feel like I started yesterday. Also, there is a new initiative to increase velocity, but they also announced no raises this year. So basically, doing more work for less money. The worst is how much it affected my mental health. I've started seeing a psychiatrist because this job has been so draining and has caused depression. Just today I was hoping to focus on one area of frontend work, but then I got recruited to do some backend things which I'm not familiar in and investigate some logs.

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