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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,853 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      77% approve of CEO

      71% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 53,853 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
      Sep 3, 2008

      A great place to work, opportunities to shine, but don't get discouraged by formal processes

      Senior program manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits, for sure. Completely free medical and prescriptions (which is really handy if you have kids). Lots of passionate people and the ability to work outside the normal parameters of your job description. Lots of job mobility (and it's encouraged so the gene pool doesn't get stagnant). Microsoft is also not afraid to reward those who rise above the masses with cash and stock. By far the best company I've worded for and living in the Pacific Northwest, while more expensive, is awesome.

      Cons

      Sometimes process and being safe or predictable gets in the way of agility and innovation. It's a huge company and sometimes multiple groups work on overlapping things.

      3.0
      Aug 30, 2008

      50-50

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a great place to learn stuff, and there are often opportunities to transfer among groups to work on things in different areas. There are many talented and knowledgable people around. The company provides very good benefits (the health plan covers all family members). Flexible working hours; and single office.

      Cons

      Your hardworking and good performance may not be fully appreciated and rewarded in the annual review time. Even if you have done an outstanding job among your teammates, be prepared that you may get just an average review result, for which your manager may not have many convincing reasons but pick on something you didn't do well. Sometimes your review result is determined very subjectively.

      2.0
      Aug 29, 2008

      Unfair, the manager just focus on who he liked but not the performance.

      Software development engineer ii
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A good place to learn desktop based software and code. Good benefit, especially if you would like to have children during that period. I think they provide a very competible benefit, however the total income is just average, maybe below average.

      Cons

      Some managers have bad personalities and they just focus on their personal benefit but not employees and companys. The software development process is too traditional. Some teams try to improve but in the end they still use what they are familiar. The main reason is that there are so many old guys, who control the entire team and their future.

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