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Microsoft Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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47%
15%
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1%
4.0
Average Rating
(based on 776 Microsoft Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.1
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"Microsoft is a great company to work for. They have amazing team members and the Senior leadership team really care about their employees. They have amazing benefits and the stock plan is astounding. Not to mention, there are so many resources you have access to as a Microsoft employee. They truly care about growth mindset and developing their people. You can grow and learn into any field like Sales, Marketing, Operations, Finance and Technology."
Posted 5 years ago
Technical Analyst
Person You Work For 4.1 / 5 People You Work With 3.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.7 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Inside Sales Manager
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.1 / 5 Work Setting 4.8 / 5
Support You Get 4.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.1 / 5
Company Culture 4.1 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Intern
Person You Work For 4.7 / 5 People You Work With 4.7 / 5 Support You Get 4.7 / 5
Rewards You Receive 4.8 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5 Company Culture 4.8 / 5
Way You Work 4.7 / 5
Software Test Engineer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Account Manager
Person You Work For 3.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.6 / 5 Work Setting 4.5 / 5
Support You Get 2.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.7 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1.8 / 5
Technical Account Manager

"This was a contract position for a 4 month period, with no chance for permanent employment or personal growth."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the company, the people, the location, the exposure to high tech products and services, and the ability to learn a new industry."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like the corporate red tape of a large corporation to get anything done to allow you to be more effective in your job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Simplify the hiring process for new employees, and identify the role of the position and setup user tools to be effective in the new role from day one."

Software Engineer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Team Leader
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Development Engineer
Person You Work For 3.1 / 5 People You Work With 3.1 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.9 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3.9 / 5
Regional Account Manager

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"We had no direction from immediate executives. Our opinions on the product we not valued."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The managers on this project never came together with the same company goals in mind. Direction was awful."

Regional Account Manager
Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Support You Get 2 / 5
Rewards You Receive 3 / 5
Marketing Product Manager
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 4.9 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.9 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Senior Technology Architect

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I liked the computational and informational resources available."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Prepare yourself to real slavery: your manager will consider you as a commodity."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I didn't like the bookkeeping style of management and bad influence of the distorted notion of so-called diversity: you are in danger if you do not have a Bombay University diploma and/or do not speak Hindu."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It is meaningless to suggest anything to the Microsoft administration."

Person You Work For 1.6 / 5 People You Work With 2.7 / 5 Work Setting 3.2 / 5
Support You Get 2.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.7 / 5
Company Culture 2.3 / 5 Way You Work 1.6 / 5
Programmer Writer
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1.8 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Programmer Writer

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the interesting work, great colleagues, low maintenance boss, low stress environment, free quality beverages, and new experiences."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like suboptimal climate control, and noisy folks who communicated with each other by shouting across the hallway."

Microsoft Reviews FAQs

Is Microsoft a good company to work for?

Microsoft has an overall rating of 4.0 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 776 Microsoft Review Ratings left anonymously by Microsoft employees, which is 3% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 95% of employees would recommend working at Microsoft.

Does Microsoft pay their employees well?

Microsoft employees earn $81,000 annually on average, or $39 per hour, which is 23% higher than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 352 Microsoft employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Microsoft Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Microsoft?

95% of employees would recommend working at Microsoft with the overall rating of 4.0 out of 5. Employees also rated Microsoft 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.9 for Rewards You Receive, 3.5 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Microsoft?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Microsoft is a Global Director of Technology at $300,000 annually. Browse Microsoft Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Microsoft?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Microsoft is a Service Intern at $10,000 annually. Browse Microsoft Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Microsoft?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Microsoft to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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