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    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
    Satya Nadella
    9 Ratings
    Top CEO 2018

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    • "Certain groups can have poor work-life balance" (in 1168 reviews)

    • "Outdated review system which is anything but fair" (in 526 reviews)

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    1. "Account Executive"

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      Current Employee - Account Executive in Cleveland, OH
      Current Employee - Account Executive in Cleveland, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Microsoft full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Innovation, Digital Transformation, Cloud transformation, Productivity platform is superior

      Cons

      Quotas are unattainable, Numbers driven culture,

    2. "Microsoft product advisor"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Product Advisor in Cincinnati, OH
      Former Employee - Product Advisor in Cincinnati, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Microsoft part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Working with customers directly to give them their perfect software and hardware combination, and teaching them how to use it.

      Cons

      I wasn't able to reach my full potential. I am capable of so much, I felt I was hindered by the lack of opportunity to grow with the company.

      Advice to Management

      Challenge and reward employees for exceeding expectations and making a difference in the company. Treat each person as an asset to encourage personal growth.

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    3. "Store Manager"

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      Current Employee - Store Manager in Columbus, OH
      Current Employee - Store Manager in Columbus, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Microsoft full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Culture, Senior Management, Customer Focus

      Cons

      Products that may be launched before they are completely ready

      Advice to Management

      Satya is an amazing leader and all leaders within the organization need to align with where he is taking the company. Very rewarding job.

    4. "Great Place to Work"

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      Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert in Columbus, OH
      Current Employee - Inventory Control Expert in Columbus, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Microsoft part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great teammates, management is dedicated to improving culture and results, and fair compensation.

      Cons

      Retail, and everything that goes with it. From toxic customers, to terrible hours, to working holidays and weekends. Expect to have no social life without significant effort, as you'll consistently be required to work weekends and nights.
      You're expected to love Microsoft products... Even if there's something better out there.

      Advice to Management

      Let your best people work consistent hours as part of compensation. Maybe be one of those daring employers who is closed black Friday or Thanksgiving? It would mean a lot to employees. Provide more upward momentum for those who have college degrees or are working to obtain one. MS Stores are all over the US, but what about corporate Microsoft? Are they present? Let the retail employees have something to look forward to if they are loyal and work hard.

    5. "Great Culture!"

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      Current Employee - Technical Training Specialist in Cincinnati, OH
      Current Employee - Technical Training Specialist in Cincinnati, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Microsoft (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great company culture! Exciting new direction under the new leadership. There is opportunity if you make the right connections...

      Cons

      Difficult to transition to other opportunities within the company without having established relationships

    6. "A Great Intern Experience"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Greenville, OH
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Greenville, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Microsoft (Less than a year)

      Pros

      - Great benefits
      - Work hours are very flexible, mostly up to you to decide
      - Coworkers are all great and very open to collaboration

      Cons

      - Hard to find a proper mentor within such a large company
      - Can be hard to connect on a deeper level with others because there are so many people

      Advice to Management

      I would say that this company is a great place for an intern. One thing that would be helpful would be to have a more meaningful mentor mentee relationship for interns in order to help them along as much as possible.

    7. "Great Place to work"

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      Current Employee - Technical Service Advisor in Cincinnati, OH
      Current Employee - Technical Service Advisor in Cincinnati, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Microsoft full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Benefits are top notch
      One of the leaders in technology

      Cons

      Work Life balance is sometimes non existent
      Promotions are more based on who you know, rather than what you bring to the table.

      Advice to Management

      Be fair on who you promote. I have found that there is a lot of high school type of clique relationships that cause tons of great talent getting passed over based on relationships or lack thereof.

    8. "Good work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, OH
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Microsoft (Less than a year)

      Pros

      They try to make the workplace anything special

      Cons

      It's obscene how a company will not try to retain it's employees who play the most pivotal part in bringing in the money that you horde from them.

    9. Helpful (3)

      "Poor sales environment"

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      Current Employee - Account Executive in The Eastern, OH
      Current Employee - Account Executive in The Eastern, OH
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great brand, solid products, Dominate position in several technologies

      Cons

      No upside for sales people, quotas calculated to be beyond accomplishment, a great year is 110% of goal and you make an extra 15% of you base salary. Achievement beyond 150% of goal not allowed without review on your "impact" in the sales cycle.

      No sales culture, management asks for solution sales and doesn't provide budgets, staffing, and comp model to support it.

      Lot's of hard work with little hope of any upside.

      Advice to Management

      Start treating people fairly, reward good performance instead of punishing it with huge quota increases.

    10. Helpful (3)

      "Great culture, New CEO making a difference"

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      Current Employee - Technical Sales Specialist in Cincinnati, OH
      Current Employee - Technical Sales Specialist in Cincinnati, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Microsoft full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      There's a great company culture at Microsoft of family first, innovation, independence and hard work. Everyone really loves the company and the first-level managers are great. The company is very focused on career growth and making sure you are always looking forward. They are very flexible about work hours, locations, etc. as long as you get the job done. The people are amazing!

      The new CEO, Satya is really rallying the company and is doing great things. Old establishment is changing (albeit slowly)

      Cons

      The Sr. Leadership could really use some help. From 2nd line managers to just below the CEO, the leadership is very "inward focused" and almost used-car-salesy. It's very cut-throat at that level and you they appear to have no problem stepping on toes to move up. Also, sr. leadership looks "down" quite a bit on those with IC (individual contributor) roles.

      No real career opportunities for technical leadership other than in Seattle. All field leadership is sales based and you almost have to go through the sales ranks to get leadership opportunities. Technical roles report into sales managers, so technical people are often undervalued or have little direction.

      Advice to Management

      Field technical specialists, ATS', etc. really need to have a technical leader, not a sales-only leader who has no understanding or value of technical leadership.

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