Microsoft reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(53,803 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 53,803 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
Nov 21, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Always learning culture - you're encouraged to learn and develop yourself and skills Sideways moves to learn a new part of the organisations are supported. International moves are also very possible.

Cons

There's a tendency to perform character assassinations as part of the regular 'check-ins' with your line manager throughout the year. Senior leadership who have been there for donkeys years are 'tired' and don't understand the world outside of Microsoft so they have a blinkered vision about the reality of choice that customers have Long hours. You can work from home but this normally involves being on back to back conference calls. After a while that becomes like a form of torture.

1.0
Jun 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people I worked with over the years were top notch. It's sad to see all the experienced talent leaving for AWS!

Cons

Abundant age discrimination happening across the board lately. They are working out long term employees and that is creating a talent gap - Sooo many are leaving for AWS it's CRAZY!!!

1.0
Apr 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are some very smart people, and some of the work is interesting.

Cons

The company is so inwardly focused. Decisions are made based on what lets managers and execs check boxes on the internal scorecard and get their bonuses. Employees are still ranked and reviewed on a curve, no matter what the company says about having changed the system. And many people are still treated very unfairly. The people who thrive at Microsoft are those who absolutely drink the koolaid, and focus on managing up.

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