Microsoft Employee Review

Salary - A | Culture - A | Management - A | Coworkers - A

Pros: Ethical Diversified business Ubiquitous in the enterprise Mission driven
Cons: Hamster wheel of hitting metrics Reductions in force to afford AI investments Internal mobility not as good as advertised

Salary - B | Culture - B | Management - B | Coworkers - B

Pros: Work life balance was good Pay is good for industry The culture is great and cross Good benefits and a large company 2) great people
Cons: 1. work life balance is moderate Low pay and increments due to which a lot of people leave the company Micromanaging and bad culture keep people down. not based enough no benefits to my liking Some people really don't want to work

Great benefits package for all great benefits the best in the industry best company in the world

Salary - B | Culture - D | Management - | Coworkers - B

Pros: 1. If you love tech, this is a great place. No doubt you'll talk tech (mostly the MSFT stack) from enterprise to consumer - from PCs to phones to Xboxes - from datacenter to desktop. 2. What were GREAT benefits are now VERY GOOD (took a small step down) but still probably better than you'll find at 99% of large corporations. If you've got family - the value of the benefits is even higher. 401k match is nice. 3. Even with it's struggles MSFT is still a cash printing machine. This means if you can keep your nose clean and do reasonable work, you can have a stable job, pay your bills, feed your family, and not worry (too much) about layoffs. The stock you own likely won't tank, but probably won't go up much either. You'll get a bonus each year and some stock. It's a decent life if you aren't looking to light the world on fire.
Cons: Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies. Managing Your Career: Make you say this out loud so it registers - 90,000 employees work there. Double that for vendors. It is VERY hard to "stand out" and move up in the company. Don't expect your manager to be much of an advocate or enabler to help you meet your career goals - they are basically trying to survive the stack rank every year too. Not familiar with the stack rank? Check out the 2012 Vanity Fair article called "Microsoft's Lost Decade".

I'll type it here - but I don't they are listening... 1. Help proven talent move laterally in the company for new opportunities. 2. Kill/evolve the stack rank. Here's basically how it's viewed:. 30% of the company gets 1s and 2s - and they are happy. 50% get 3s and that basically feels like getting a "C" in school. This sucks for talented people when a multitude of UNCONTROLLABLE conditions keep you from getting into 1 or 2 range. The 20% getting anything below a 3 are walking dead. In summary, 70% of the company walk away from the review cycle feeling like crap. This is no good. After 10 years, I'm leaving - it's just a matter of time until I find the right opportunity. I need to find a company spends 90% of it's time building technology experiences, as opposed to 90% of its time building PowerPoints. And I expect to refuse the exit interview - because if you really cared what I thought, you wouldn't ask me after I decided to leave.

Salary - B | Culture - B | Management - B | Coworkers - B

Pros: Good work life balance and overall nice to work Good benefits and good for start of career Team culture is good and encouraging. Good pay and fun to work on gears Great people and tools available for daily job
Cons: Sometimes no work life balance not much to con great benefits toxic culture on some orgs no culture Growth path is very bad; low pay compared to other big techs boring Some people are also concerned about the security implications of storing work in the cloud.

Health insurance fitness related perks dental insurance Great community and great vibe No premium for health insurance

Salary - B | Culture - B | Management - B | Coworkers - B

Pros: Good work life balance in some teams coll for the pros and good pay Good benefit to take care of your family The culture is great and cross Great people to work with and exposure to global teams and various products used within the organization.
Cons: 1. work life balance is moderate Low pay and increments due to which a lot of people leave the company not based enough no benefits to my liking Micromanaging and bad culture keep people down. Some people really don't want to work

best 401k plan with great matching benefits Health/Dental/Vision 100% covered by company.50% match for 401k up to max (e.g. contribute $10000 get match of $5000)ESPP 10% discount able to contribute 15% of salary up to $25kDiscretionary time off basically unlimited but in my experience has been great Standard benefits package for industry