Great benefits, not a good salary, and RSUs only at very high levels
Great benefits, not a good salary, and RSUs only at very high levels
Great benefits with health insurance, legal support, and gym membership. It is a true software company if software engineering is indeed your passion.
Base pay and RSUs are lower than industry.
Because of that, the good people eventually leave for better pay.
This causes not only churn but also reduces the quality of the engineers.
Satya did a good job on the image of the company; however, when you are inside, many things are the same. Diversity and inclusion is a joke.
Most upper mid-level management (some M2s, most directors, DEs, junior VPs) resist change, so organizations, ICs, and M1s get stuck in between.
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