Microsoft Employer Reviews

Microsoft is a challenging and rewarding place to work. The company's compensation and benefits are good and ample learning and growth opportunities are available. The quality of management is sheerly dependent upon the group, the hardest part of the job is navigating and influencing change in such a large organization, and the most enjoyable part of – more...  the job is the company's general willingness to allow its employees to work from outside of the office. – less

To be part of the BICI - CIMS Email Marketing Team has been a fantastic experience. In the past year I've learned a lot about data quality, targeting, content review and marketing privacy requirements. My teammates are fun, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Reaching out to millions of people worldwide to market Microsoft products has been a challenging – more...  and rewarding experience. – less

Developer of world class technologies and software, which enable organizations or all sizes to colaborate and share information.

Learned a great deal of expierence working for Microsoft. The most enjoyable part of the position was the technology advancements in the company.

learning new products and technology
amazing networking
company leading in their industry
large organization with lots of opportunities
wonderful environment

Opportunities to try out initiatives;
Number driven business decisions;

in 2005 they were using waterfall.
The use of contractors made a big them/us type of mentality.
Review the salary before working there.

I loved working at Microsoft and with the diverse group of individuals in Commercial Technical Support. The culture is laid back, casual attire, but also very passionate about software and helping customers and companies to be successful. A very rewarding place to work and also highly competitive.

-Working with Students to promote Microsoft's latest products
-Fun working environment
-Excellent exposure to Microsoft employees

Lively chaos gone Global: free training, free rein on travel, work with some of the best minds. Essentially no budget constraints for program managers. Differs widely between divisions. Innovative management methodology: management requests objectives from the employee but revisions required until approved.

We would tweet for up to 10 hours a day, while handling multiple clients at once. Our ability to provide Xbox customer support was unsurpassed by any other brand on twitter. Coworkers were great, the Management was great, but being up at 4:30 everyday and tweeting wasn't a job i could do for a long time. I loved the environment and the people as well – more...  as the product we supported. – less

You can't go wrong when you are working on creating games at Microsoft Gaming Studios. The only complaint I have from here is the lack of advancement. It's not really Microsoft's fault per se, its all gaming industries.

Being a part of Biotech now, I see how slow the gaming industry is in career advancement. Other than that, I loved working for Microsoft – more...  Gaming Studios and would happily recommend it to others looking to get in. – less

Many employees work from home like myself did. I learned how to handle million dollar budgets, maintain a successful timeline for all events assigned and to be swift on my feet

I enjoyed working for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. I worked with very good technically savy individuals.

A typical day would be going to every wireless and electronics retailer and training associates and management regarding Windows OS and Windows Phone OS - Once back in the office, running statistical data and behavioral analysis on competitors and creating strategic methods to enhance customer knowledge and increased sales for Microsoft products. I – more...  am always working with people and being a team player is absolutely essential. – less

As a contracted employee (Volt) I would say that it was a pleasure working with Microsoct professionals. There was a lot of diversity within the team and the types of professionals that we worked with.
My daily or weekly tasks included: Planned and implemented marketing campaigns focused on Microsoft products and services. Developed strong communication – more...  skills working with student organizations, student government and professors. Weekly conference calls and personalized training with Microsoft employees. Extensive computer training; including knowledge of multiple networking mediums and business software packages.
Hardest part of the job: management organization with on-going marketing campaigns.
Most enjoyable part of the job: very laid back, hard working but fun environment & got to work individually and as a team. – less

The benefits are good but you would have to be a real politically savvy individual to get anywhere in the culture

Each groups is its own unique company, it depends on your work style there is not a one size fits all.

I love working here, but opportunity to switch field to allow career growth is very limited.

As an account manager you work as the lead of of a core and virtual team of resources.