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      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (53,843 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 53,843 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      4.0
      Aug 4, 2008

      Great place to work; but beware of the groups!

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Salaries: The salaries are VERY competitive. This is common knowledge in the Seattle area. Unlike other companies, we are offered a salary that is hard to beat and they are willing to meet you halfway if they can when it comes to compensation. The Benefits: We pay absolutely NOTHING for healthcare, vision or dental... NOTHING... Our insurance is the best and we don't even have to pay co-pays or for medication... Furthermore, MSFT offers a Legal Plan to employees... It also pays for gym membership to the best gym in town Pro Sports Club. The Perks: Software and devices offered by MSFT can be purchased at the MSFT Store for super cheap. You also receive a Discount Card which has THE best discounts in all of Seattle. Imagine buy one entree and get the second free at the nicest restaurants in the city? This program applies to anything you can imagine - from restaurants to zoos/aquariums, plays, car purchases, spas, travel, you name it!

      Cons

      Hours, High Expectations on Deliverables. This isn't so bad when you consider the benefits and salary. You just need to learn how to balance.

      3.0
      Aug 3, 2008

      Seen alot

      Director
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      Pros

      Great brand name to have on the resume. Access to marketing globally. Best benefits in the industry. Offices in great places to live.

      Cons

      Leadership is poor. Career advancement is the good old boys network on steriods. Pooer strategic design, poor execution capability, ADD in general is the culture. If you can survive it, it can be ok - but stay too long and you're unemployable elsewhere. Too long at MSFT makes you culturally poluted.

      5.0
      Aug 3, 2008

      Most engineers who come to work at Microsoft are pleasantly surprised

      Principal group program manager
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      Pros

      Many teams within Microsoft are great places to work, full of smart, energetic engineers who truly care about the people who use their software. If you end up on one of these well-managed teams, history shows that you will likely be pleasantly surprised about how much you like working there. Health benefits and work-life balance are great. Salary is competitive, and if you do well here (top 20%) you will be very well-compensated compared to others in the industry at your experience and skill level. Seattle is great place to live, home prices (while expensive) are much more reasonable than the Silicon Valley area.

      Cons

      I don't think Microsoft is getting the most out of the strong engineering team they have. There are many competing projects, each of which has slightly different characteristics and just confuse the customer. Marketing and branding are very weak, they are constantly rebranding our online services--MSN, now Live, now Windows Live, etc. The conventional wisdom that Microsoft is good at marketing inferior products is totally wrong at this point--overall, Microsoft does a bad job of messaging and promoting products which are actually pretty good overall (with some exceptions). There are some bad managers at Microsoft, like in any company. Luckily, it's pretty easy to change teams these days.

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