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Great for Certain Demographics

Engineering Manager
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
April 21, 2021
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Pay and benefits are outstanding. If you are type A and pushy, your actual competence is less important than your arrogance. After all, it's software and computers, so perception of your intelligence is more important than your ability to be humble and simply do a reliable job while slowly learning and becoming a true expert.

In hardware, there are no experts at Microsoft, only arrogant fakes.

Cons

If you happen to be a white male, you best not go into management. There have been specific statements, including in training of managers, that Microsoft is actively seeking to remove white men over 45 to "get their numbers right". White men are being removed from management roles in an active fashion, simply for being white. It's revenge time there.

Advice to Management

Sell products, not your version of morality. Businesses should buy products and services based on value. The Cancel Culture will fade once everything is cancelled. McCarthyism passed, and so will Cancel.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
2.0

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