Microsoft

With an increasing headcount in APAC regions, there are fewer chances of getting promotions. Only lateral moves within the company are possible.

Merit increases are extremely low, typically 1.5% to 2%, which was the case even when there was no increment in 2023.

Recruitment at the director level actually has the scope of a team leader/manager.

There are too many chefs in the kitchen, leading to limited opportunities for promotion.

Almost all strategic decisions are made in the US.

Please give a proper merit increase. Please consider the increase in living costs indexing. At the moment, it is extremely low.

Giving such a low merit increase and saying that we are giving an additional one-time reward to employees is a bad motivating strategy. It's just a trick and nothing else.

Consider employees for vertical transition on applying for current openings as the norm rather than rare.