Great company... if you're in Redmond
Great company... if you're in Redmond
Resources on the intranet are tremendous.
People are (for the most part) very smart.
Software/Product discounts are great.
If you're in the satellite development centers (like Silicon Valley), the opportunities for moving to a different business unit are limited. If I were in Redmond (or willing to move there), there are a dozen jobs that I'd love to take, but not in the Bay Area. That's not particularly Microsoft's fault. They have to be based somewhere, but it's the reason I ultimately left. The job I was in wasn't going anywhere, and there weren't (at the time, 2006) any other interesting opportunities, so I left. I think the MS presence in the valley is growing, so maybe things are different now. I'd go back.
Continue the focus on training for 1st and 2nd level managers.
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Mountain View, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2010This was an internal loop for a position in a former team. For the most part, the interview was easy and non-technical. I felt that people were going through the motions in order to interview me. Two out of the eight people interviewed provided a ch
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