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Huge Impact, Disconnected Management

Principal Software Design Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
January 21, 2012
Redmond, Washington
2.0
Doesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

At the end of the day, this is still one of, or the, largest software companies in the world. There are incredible opportunities to work on software that is used by an incredible number of people worldwide.

Cons

Management has become entirely disconnected from the workforce. At times, it seems that they are stuck in the late nineties and think that employees are becoming millionaires overnight and should be grateful for the privilege of working at the company. The reality is that the share price has been flat or worse for over 10 years, and the job has become a way of paying the bills for most employees.

Advice to Management

The board should resign for failing to ask Ballmer to resign.

Every employee at partner level or above should undergo a complete 360 review to keep their job.

Cronyism needs to be eliminated root and branch.

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