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Challenging work accompanied by excessive red tape

Senior Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 9 years
July 8, 2014
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros

Best enterprise work out there.

Lots of smart, capable people around.

Great place to get started in a career.

The company is extremely community-focused and engages in extensive charity work.

Contrary to outside impressions, people are extremely customer-focused.

Cons

Execution of bold ideas remains a challenge.

Strategy is too prone to be influenced by competitors.

Career growth beyond senior requires a benefactor.

Advice to Management

Make culture more engineering-driven and not PM-driven.

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