MicroStrategy Reviews

2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(1,363 total reviews)
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Phong Le

26% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

MicroStrategy has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,363 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The MicroStrategy employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
24 Oct 2025

Toxic culture

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Pros

Nice colleagues at my time. My team is very supportive.

Cons

Work culture has become toxic since the transition to the new Asian senior management.

3.0
30 Sept 2015

The company needs to move on

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Pros

Nice people, atmosphere is great. I worked in its China office. Managers and colleges are all friendly.

Cons

Cannot catch up to the latest technology trend. Development cycle is long.

1.0
24 Mar 2026
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Pros

The brightest spot is, without a doubt, the incredible people. The individual contributors and mid-level engineers are some of the smartest and most collaborative professionals you'll meet. There's a strong sense of camaraderie at the team level, and people are genuinely willing to help each other solve complex problems. It's a shame such great talent is being mismanaged.

Cons

1. Punishing Workload & Unrealistic Expectations: A mandatory long-hour workday is just the starting point. Due to a complete lack of prioritization and chaotic management, the volume of tasks is unsustainable. Consistent, unpaid overtime is not the exception; it's the standard operating procedure to meet arbitrary deadlines. This chronic overwork leads to rapid burnout. 2. Strategic Vacuum & Failed Execution: Senior leadership appears completely disconnected from the realities of software development. There is no clear, executable strategy for our AI products beyond marketing hype. Despite a few years of development, the flagship product is a non-viable "toy" with negligible customer adoption, a direct result of this lack of vision. 3. Toxic Engineering Leadership: New leaders and directors have instilled a culture of fear where dissent is punished and healthy technical debate is stifled. This toxic environment has killed innovation and critical thinking, which are essential for building enterprise-grade software. 4. Existential Business Risk: Leadership is actively considering a plan to close primary development centers and offshore all knowledge to a new India hub these years. This move will cause a catastrophic loss of institutional knowledge and severely degrade our core BI products. Job security for employees outside of India is effectively zero.

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