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Terrible company for learnings, and very slow-paced

SDE-2
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 2 years
January 21, 2022
Hyderābād, Telangana
2.0
Doesn't Recommend
Pros
  1. Great stock performance and stability.
  2. Too good WLB (just work 4-5 hours a day) if you consider it a pro.
Cons
  1. Pathetic work, mostly support work.
  2. Ancient tech stack.
  3. No structure and concrete team goals.
  4. Due to old tech and services, no one completely understands the system, so they just avoid "touching that part of code."
  5. No efforts to refactor the code and services; they are okay with spending days to fix a small bug.
  6. HR said the annual performance bonus is 20%, of which the average is 15% which most people get (red flag). But after joining, candidate info shows bonus as 0-10%.
Advice to Management

Focus more on tech modernization. Else, with time and people leaving, it will become a huge bottleneck.

Don't promise wrong performance numbers.

Hire for a specific role. Don't just hire for some other skill and force them to work on another totally unrelated skill.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
3.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
3.0

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