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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,880 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 53,880 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
      4.0
      Dec 6, 2008

      Microsoft, the successful company that is ready for new challenges

      Software development engineer in test (sdet)
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      career development, career opportunities, visibility, project opportunities, exposure to technology, great company, great history, legacy, great leaders, great benefits, great location, international working environment, industry leader, research leader, leader in scientific and computer sciences community in the world, popularity, successul company, powerful company, job security, diversity, etc.

      Cons

      too big a company, too much competition, performance assessments and their limitations, too much work at times, still not as aggressive as Google

      4.0
      Dec 5, 2008

      Give up Yahoo and clean out Windows Live/MSN. Too much crap that's not yielding any results.

      Senior program manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      By far the biggest benefit for me is the opportunity to work with peers who really are the best and the brightest. At previous companies I have worked at, I would frequently get frustrated with the level of incompetence of others i had to work with. With very few exceptions, most everyone at MS has a right to be there. I can't say enough about the opportunity to transfer across divisions and disciplines if you are motivated to do so. Work/life balance goes in cycles, but in general is ok.

      Cons

      Bureaucratic bloat has impacted the ability for most teams to be agile. For a technology company, it's amazing that there is almost no acceptace of remote/virtual work. While working remote/telecomutting, part time, etc is given alot of lip service it's almost always career limiting.

      3.0
      Dec 5, 2008

      Good place to work but the future is a bit cloudy.

      Senior product manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of career opportunities as well as variety. There are many different positions available at Microsoft and at a variety of geographic locations. Perks are reasonable and are pretty competitive with the rest of the industry. Jobs are pretty safe at MS (assuming that you are competent). As a company, MS is well-run financially so the expectation of layoffs during this recession are quite low. Since MS is involved in a variety of areas, even when one part of the business slows down, other parts do ok, so things do even out. There are some projects (i.e. Azure) that have the potential to be very exciting.

      Cons

      Not the most innovative company. Very slow-moving in terms of new markets. Given Microsoft's enormous size (almost 100k employees) it's easy to get lost and forgotten by management. Unfortunately, most of the industry looks down at Microsoft employees to the point where it's embarrassing to admit that you work there. Overall, externally, MS has a bad reputation, but as an employer I do think that their reputation is a good one. It's very difficult to start something new and innovative: only certain key employees are allowed to be involved in such things: the rest of us just slog along. Not a lot of self-reflection within the company (i.e. self-criticism).

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