Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,809 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 53,809 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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2.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

benefits and # of opportunities

Cons

work/life balance is completely out of control... most employees can't and don't have the real ability to see beyond 2 steps ahead of them... their ability to really invent or drive innovation is about the worst you'll see... people play the political game more than working on real value added projects. people don't know how to make effective or any decisions... everyone seems to focus on trying to one up each other rather than coming together as a team to create something that's worthwhile sharing... the worst is that the act of everyone trying to be what is 'microsoft'... whatever the individual beliefs are of what it means to be a microsoft employee...

3.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

You will meet and work with some of the smart people you can find in the industry, A lot of Interesting projects you can get involved with. Treat their employees with respect and pay them well compared to other software companies. You can learn and grow a lot as a developer.

Cons

Too many layers to the very top.

2.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Money, prestige. And it makes for a great feather on you resume. And at least back in the day the stock compensation was terrific.

Cons

Giant corporation that moves exceedingly slowly. You'll also be a cog in a giant machine. Plus with all those moving parts going into each software release, it takes an inordinate amount of time to go from project start to finish.

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