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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,888 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 53,888 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).

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      54K reviews
      5.0
      Jan 5, 2009

      Microsoft -- Gotta love it!!!!!

      Senior program manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are few companies that encourage a healthy exchange of ideas, Microsoft is one of them. Also the people that you work with are brilliant and extremely passionate. We do business in almost every country in the world. We embrace an extraordinarily diverse workforce...not just external diversity factors either. We embrace diversity of thought, experience, education ...etc. There has also been an increased focus on improving people management capabilities of front line and middle level management personnel. Traditionally managers were not great at Microsoft. This is changing and at some point in the near future, Microsoft will be known for its great people managers...we are not there yet.

      Cons

      Competition is king at Microsoft, even internally. That sometimes leads to a lack of cooperation and collaboration across teams/organizations.

      4.0
      Jan 5, 2009

      Microsoft a Good place to work if you want stability

      Sales manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Large profitable company with lots of money in the bank. There are lots of opportunities to move around within different parts of the company, like Windows, Office, Zune, MSN, Enterprise, Public Sector, Consumer, Server and also geographically. The best environment for career and benefits is in Redmond, the simply have the critical mass to support a very comprehensive benefits package that includes subsidized drinks, health center, transportation, food, etc that subsidiaries like Canada can't. In Canada we are reviewing our benefits package finally. We have not changed it in 10 years! Hopefully it will be for the better, but I hear they will still not match RRSP contributions up to the max available. Too bad since there is no other retirment program from them and the stock has not moved in 8 years!

      Cons

      While Microsoft always tried to avoid being become large and bureacratic that's exactly what we've become. Our fear was always that we would become IBM after the DOJ settlement. Ballmer swore up and down that we would never fall into that trap, but the reality is with our size and the constant scrutiny be governments around the world we have become this generations IBM. Everything we do is scrutinzed by lawyers first, we all have to go through training to understand what we can't and can do for customers and partners, while our smaller nimbler competitors can react much more quickly than us.

      4.0
      Jan 4, 2009

      Microsoft is an exciting and rewarding place to work

      Program manager ii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft employs some of the world's smartest people. I've been with the company for 8 years and I routinely learn something new from my colleagues every day. We work on projects that are important to 100's of millions of people around the world, if you want to be part of something that has world-wide impact, this is the place to do it. We have fun, every team has a morale budget for parties and such, and we very casual. Most people have their own offices, though seating is based on time with the company so new hires might double up depending on the group. We have the Gold Standard for health benefits, you'll never pay a dime out-of-pocket for any health care.

      Cons

      You are guaranteed to get asked to help troubleshoot every Windows or Office problem your family and friends encounter, and it doesn't matter if your job has nothing to do with those products. You get teased by family and friends about working for a monopoly and about Bill Gates' hair, you get to hear about how Linux is so superior to Windows for all sorts of obscure tasks, and people send you links to those damn "Hi, I'm a Mac" commercials. Working in the Redmond, WA area means that 40,000 of your neighbors are also your co-workers, many neighborhoods are easily 60%+ Microsofties, so it can get a bit weird constantly being surrounded by the people you work with.

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