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Career Advancement at Microsoft

At Microsoft, 68% of 235 employees responded “Yes” when asked, “Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?” More specifically, 69% of women and 67% of men think they're provided with sufficient career advancement opportunities. Additionally, employees who have a Associate's degree or have Entry Level work experience answered “Yes” the most. Lastly, 100% of employees in Customer Support answered “Yes”, while only 17% of employees in Operations provided the same answer.

Q: Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Answered by 235 Microsoft employees

Gender

Male
67% Yes
Female
69% Yes

Ethnicity

% who responded "Yes"

100% of Native American Microsoft employees selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 40% of Other Microsoft employees chose "Yes".

100%
Native American
79%
Hispanic or Latino
78%
Asian or Pacific Islander
67%
African American/Black
66%
Caucasian
40%
Other

Department

% who responded "Yes"

100% of Microsoft employees in the Customer Support department selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 17% of Microsoft employees in the Operations department chose "Yes".

Customer Support 100%
IT 93%
HR 80%
Product 73%
Business Development 71%
Finance 67%
Sales 67%
Engineering 66%
Marketing 61%
Customer Success 60%
Design 55%
Admin 33%
Operations 17%

Age

% who responded "Yes"

91% of Microsoft employees aged 18-25 selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 59% of Microsoft employees aged 36-40 chose "Yes".

Education

% who responded "Yes"

86% of Microsoft employees with a Associate's education level selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 64% of Microsoft employees with a High school education level chose "Yes".

Experience

% who responded "Yes"

93% of Entry Level Microsoft employees selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 58% of Microsoft employees with Over 10 Years chose "Yes".

93
Entry Level
74
1 to 3 Years
72
3 to 6 Years
75
6 to 10 Years
58
Over 10 Years

Location

% who responded "Yes"

100% of Microsoft employees in Dallas selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 33% of Microsoft employees in Chicago chose "Yes".

Dallas 100%
Miami, FL 100%
New York 92%
Denver 67%
Boston 67%
Seattle 66%
San Francisco 64%
Los Angeles 57%
Cleveland, OH 50%
Chicago 33%

Gender & Department

% who responded "Yes"

100% of Male Microsoft employees in the Customer Support department selected "Yes" when asked "Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?", while only 25% of Male Microsoft employees in the Operations department chose "Yes".

Admin
Male 0%
Female 40%
Business Development
Male 67%
Female 75%
Customer Success
Male 67%
Female 0%
Customer Support
Male 100%
Female 0%
Design
Male 50%
Female 60%
Engineering
Male 65%
Female 73%
Finance
Male 67%
Female 0%
HR
Male 100%
Female 0%
IT
Male 87%
Female 100%
Marketing
Male 50%
Female 100%
Operations
Male 25%
Female 0%
Product
Male 68%
Female 86%
Sales
Male 71%
Female 50%
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