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Great place for a more conforming personality with expectations in check

Lead Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
July 13, 2008
Redmond, Washington
4.0
RecommendsNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Job security
  • Work/life balance
  • Generally, hands-off management (good and bad)
  • Benefits
  • Technology and knowledge sharing (if you know how to access it)
  • Being around smart people
Cons
  • Fish in a big pool.
  • Parity in pay compared to other companies (not bad, not good).
  • Lifeless stock.
  • Feeling of stifled innovation.
  • More cohesion between groups and people, and less competition.
Advice to Management

Technical foresight, leadership, and inspiration from execs (i.e., filling Bill's gap), and not just business leadership.

Demonstrate more instances of MSR to product.

Allow better channels of innovation from product groups and individuals.

Improve ESPP.

Better system of rewarding group/team contributions.

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