Supporting and investing in our employees
We can’t achieve our mission to empower everyone on the planet to achieve more unless our employees can do their best work. Our perks and benefits are essential to our success. Learn how Microsoft cares, supports and invests in our employees.
Make the most of life
At Microsoft, you’ll take risks, push boundaries, and grow more than you thought possible. And you won’t be alone on that journey. We have something special here; we put our employees at the center of everything we do, and we know that what we offer is essential not only to your work but to your life too.
In addition to world-class benefits designed to help you and your family live well, we offer competitive pay, bonuses and stock awards to eligible employees based on individual performance, as well as benefits to help you lead a healthy life, invest in your future, and enjoy your journey here at Microsoft. Empowering you. So, you can empower the world.
There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.
Make the most of life
At Microsoft, you’ll take risks, push boundaries, and grow more than you thought possible. And you won’t be alone on that journey. We have something special here; we put our employees at the center of everything we do, and we know that what we offer is essential not only to your work but to your life too.
In addition to world-class benefits designed to help you and your family live well, we offer competitive pay, bonuses and stock awards to eligible employees based on individual performance, as well as benefits to help you lead a healthy life, invest in your future, and enjoy your journey here at Microsoft. Empowering you. So, you can empower the world.
There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.
Build a community with Microsoft
Our employees make the most of their experience by creating their own community. Through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social and networking groups, Microsoft is committed to helping you find opportunities to foster personal connections across global teams, participate in local engagements, and take part in global sustainability.
Enjoy flexibility to care for you and your family
We give you time away to focus on the people who matter most with leave for new parents and family caregiver leave, adoption assistance, parenting classes and family support programs, as well as subsidized and discounted childcare and back-up care for children, adults, and elders.
We offer flexible work schedules, generous vacation, and holidays to spend with family or pursue your interests outside of work. Microsoft is committed to giving employees support and time away to focus on the people who matter most in their life.
Grow professionally and personally
From financial education and tuition assistance to specific program training, our employees have opportunities to expand their knowledge on a variety of topics, stay current in their field, and continue to learn as their career progresses.
We support employee growth with hundreds of online and in-person technical, management and professional development classes.
Invest in your physical, emotional and financial wellbeing
With world-class health care benefits, along with our generous wellbeing benefits, you can achieve and maintain your best physical and emotional health for you and your family.
And, with a robust offering of employee financial programs, you can build a savings and investment portfolio, protect your family from the unexpected, plan for college for your children, refinance your student loans, and get great discounts on products and services, so you can save money doing the things you love.
Our approach to hybrid workplace flexibility
Work site
This is the physical place where you work. Work site information provided in a job posting indicates the expectations of working remotely or working on-site. The following information will be listed under the work site field in a job posting:
- Up to 50% work from home
- Up to 100% work from home
- Microsoft on-site only
A job posting that lists 100% work from home can be applied for by anyone located within the listed country.
Work location
This is the geographic location of your work. Each organization at Microsoft has guidelines related to location flexibility.
“Multiple locations” listed in a job posting means a job can be done from any or several locations within the country listed.
Please make sure to check the work site field to know the expectation of the physical place where you work.
Work hours
This encompasses the hours and days when you work. We encourage employees to work the hours that are best for them and that allow them to deliver according to expectations.
Work schedules can vary depending on individual needs. You will not see any information around work schedule flexibility in a job posting. Your work hours can be discussed with your recruiter and/or hiring manager during the recruiting process.
No ‘one size fits all’
The global pandemic has prompted a revolutionary shift in the way people work. There is truly no “one size fits all.” Microsoft employees share their experiences, what they’ve learned and what they will take with them into the hybrid workplace.
How we’re embracing flexible workplace
Kathleen Hogan, Microsoft’s Chief People Officer, discusses what this pandemic has taught us and how Microsoft has changed because of it. This blog post covers the guidance our leaders put in place with the three hybrid flexible workplace dimensions in mind.
