Going Downhill Fast
Going Downhill Fast
Lots of opportunity to work across a wide range of customers and industries.
Fake culture. Nothing "fun" to do (even meeting colleagues) due to budget cuts. The layoffs were handled terribly. Lots of pointless reorgs which end up creating a more bloated and confusing working environment than we began with.
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Stop gaslighting your employees by telling them what is best for them.
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Think about the culture you are creating. If there are no incentives to meet each other or have internal conferences to look forward, this hurts morale. Moving all conferences to Teams only and killing the budget for in-person conferences is what has made me plan to leave.
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Customer-facing roles need flexibility to meet customers' demands exactly where they are. All of this overhead and process put in place with MCEM and VBDs is a mistake.
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Cloud Solution Architect
Multiple phases, all virtual. They were really good and really required you to do your research! Had a briefing before the interview where I was given the names of those who would be interviewing me, so I could research them on LinkedIn, etc.
Software Engineer
The interview process had multiple rounds. I had to conduct technical and behavioural analysis in the interviews. I also had an in-person presentation on a topic they sent to me in advance of the interview.
Azure ACE Engineer 2
Good, very interesting work. Customer-facing Azure cloud specialist work, dealing with top Azure customers in all verticals. The team is part of the Engineering group with global coverage. Travel is not much required.
Cloud Solution Architect
London, England, United KingdomJuly 1, 2020Multiple phases, all virtual. They were really good and really required you to do your research! Had a briefing before the interview where I was given the names of those who would be interviewing me, so I could research them on LinkedIn, etc.
Software Engineer
London, EnglandOctober 18, 2025The interview process had multiple rounds. I had to conduct technical and behavioural analysis in the interviews. I also had an in-person presentation on a topic they sent to me in advance of the interview.
Azure ACE Engineer 2
London, United KingdomJune 26, 2025Good, very interesting work. Customer-facing Azure cloud specialist work, dealing with top Azure customers in all verticals. The team is part of the Engineering group with global coverage. Travel is not much required.
