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Fantastic Place to Work

Senior Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 20 years
April 5, 2013
5.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Huge diversity of opportunities, and pretty easy to transfer around.

Amazing peers.

Great compensation/benefits - the company really looks out for employees.

Work on high-profile products.

Cons

Some product teams complain of politics (others don't at all).

Some products are not well received, especially annoying when due to micromanagement.

Advice to Management

Give product teams more autonomy.

Encourage (with a stick if necessary) product teams to play nicely together.

Restore the influence of top engineers on product design.

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