Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,873 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 53,873 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Jan 31, 2017

top heavy management

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Pros

+ good benefits + travel if you want it + can work remotely without issue + huge company security

Cons

- Ambiguity is pitched as a bonus and a challenge internally...the problem is, at least in recruiting, ambiguity wasn't the right word. Lack of direction from disconnected leadership and nearly monthly re-orgs in certain divisions equated to sloppy business. - A lot of turnover in the leadership ranks of the company as well as recruiting organization. Lose one or two here and there and that's the cost of doing business, but lose handfuls of high level people within a few months time and there is something else going on entirely. My experience was the latter. - Innovation is at the core of Satya's principles and is on just about every powerpoint deck, the problem is though, with hundreds of thousands of employees it'll probably take 10 years for meaningful change in the way business is done has been solidified across the company. He took over in 2014, the bad old habits of sitting on the cash pile still plague innovation in 2017. This isn't an indication of bad leadership by Satya, he is great, but there needs to be more strategic changing of the guard in key areas across the company to speed up the process to remain competitive and breed thought leadership. - So much of what managers are brought in to do is handcuffed by the Director level employees (at least in recruiting) that ideas from those closer to the work rarely are considered or even heard. Essentially, the political game of who can speak loudest to be seen is still very much in play, rather than getting the most from those they hire.

1.0
Sep 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very good tech culture, tries to be innovative and a leader in the industry. Surrounded by very smart people (caveat in cons). Good benefits and RRSP match. Nice office building with a decent cafeteria.

Cons

Don't let the Microsoft brand name give you illusions that this is a great place to work...it's not. People are all type A on steroids, highly competitive to the point that they want to bring you down and will stab you in the back. Employees especially target new hires...they do not want new people joining the club; many cliques; passive aggressive back stabbers so they will catch you off guard. Toxic environment driven by robotic managers and a system that rewards individuals to the detriment of the team and the overall subsidiary. Canadian leadership team is a revolving door, mostly of persons career hopping from the US, so they don't really care about the Canadian employees. I am in my 30's and I feel I will have a heart attack soon if I stay here much longer. If I had only known about this toxic environment, I would have never worked here. Planning to leave soon for the sake of my mental health and physical well-being. If these things matter to you, do not work here. Employees do not have a life, meetings are scheduled on a regular basis on a Saturday and Sunday, on top of working until midnight during the week. I have done my best to be committed to the role and the organization, but at this point the price is too high to pay if I stay on.

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