Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,865 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 53,865 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
Jul 19, 2022

Lack of Accountability

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits (best in corporate world) - Flexible (work arrangements from home and hours) - Interesting work (if in right role on right team)

Cons

- Little to no process to truly hold managers who engage in bully behavior accountable. - Lack of effective coordination among teams in same business units. - Perf review process (“Connect”) has become either a checkmark (do it for sake of doing it) towards a carrot or too easily used as a stick by managers who have created hostile working environments. These type of managers also often control the ability for targeted employees to change roles (by crafting a narrative of why other teams shouldn’t hire that team member).

1.0
May 31, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are mostly nice.

Cons

Microsoft offers below average compensation. Their stated goal is to offer compensation that is the 66th percentile of their competitors. In a letter grate that is a D. The promotion opportunities at Microsoft are severely limited. The best way to get paid more is to leave and come back.

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