It's what you make of it
It's what you make of it
- Big company, very stable.
- Great benefits, great work environment.
- Lots of groups/products, so lots of variety of projects, workload, etc. Choose wisely.
- In the right group, you will be rewarded for your efforts/performance.
- Reasonably consistent and predictable review process.
- Seattle weather.
- Big company, so it can be political and slow.
- Some groups are better than others, both in terms of product and quality of team, so make sure you have the right one for you.
- Seattle weather.
The recent (>2010) focus on flattened org structure and better middle management was definitely an improvement.
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