Microsoft employees love Satya Nadella a lot more than they did Steve Ballmer

A successful business is a productive, and Microsoft employees are very happy, found firm UBS analysts said in a report in early October.

In fact, Microsoft is happier than Apple for the first time since UBS started following the feeling of employees in 2012. The study uses data to track all Glassdoor approval CEO of opportunities for global company advance the overall outlook of the company.

"The overall results support our thesis that MSFT is once again a destination for top talent in technology, with annual evaluations improve continuously and with peers," writes UBS.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella looks particularly good, calculating the ratio. In late 2013, the last days of the reign of former CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft gave a rating of 51% for CEO approval. Nadella took over in February 2014, and CEO approval rating hit 88% by the end of 2015.

This year is not over yet, but now Microsoft makes about 10% higher employee satisfaction in the industry average, UBS said, edges out Apple.

Meanwhile, LinkedIn, Microsoft bought in a blockbuster $ 26.2 trillion in early 2016 agreement, they are not as happy as it used to be.

LinkedIn uses for the best high-tech company in the ranking UBS, with satisfaction levels of 17% above average, and an approval rate of 95% for the CEO Jeff Weiner. not bad, and even 3, but a disappointing letdown for the social network company - Since the agreement, which is up to 11% higher and a rate of 85% CEO approval was announced.

Under Nadella, Microsoft itself has refocused on providing services and tools through a subscription model, even if it means providing products for enemies once as iPhone, Android Apple google, or system Linux operating.