Microsoft is a major US-based multinational corporation. The company employs some 128,000 people worldwide and in 2014 achieved revenues worth 86.83 billion dollars Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and is the world’s foremost player in the computer software, consumer electronic and personal computer market.
Microsoft UK has over 3,500 staff and a turnover in excess of 1.7 billion pounds. The company’s UK headquarters are situated in Reading, with other offices in London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cambridge.
Microsoft’s continued international growth has been based on its three major products: Windows, Office and Xbox. The company has also made a number of key acquisitions. In terms of its organisation Microsoft is structured in four operating divisions: Operating Systems, Apps, Cloud and Devices.
Careers at Microsoft UK offer candidates the chance to work with an innovative company that has its own unique culture. Microsoft employees are encouraged to work in a relaxed, collaborative atmosphere and the company prides itself on its record of diversity. Microsoft UK is a Stonewall ‘Diversity Champion’ and in 2014 was listed by The Times newspaper as one of the ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’.
Microsoft UK runs apprenticeship schemes in England and Scotland and further emphasises the company’s commitment to developing young people with its ‘Get On’ programmes. This programmes aims to work with 300,000 young people and help them to improve their skills and increase their employability.
For anyone willing to find a job at Microsoft UK it’s also worth noting that the company is on the ‘Great Place to Work’ UK list. As Microsoft HR Manager, Liz Driver, puts it:
“Employees embody our values and we select, develop and reward them on that basis.”
Head Office
Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park
RG6 1WG
Reading
