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Good Pay, Low Tech

Senior S/W Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 4 years
January 12, 2018
Seattle Heights, Washington
3.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good compensation and benefits package.

Depending on the group, you may find a somewhat interesting job.

Management structure is flat, with not so many meetings.

Cons

Very low level of technical expertise as a rule.

Forget about your career.

Nothing to learn except bad practices.

PM and test do not exist.

Cross-group collaboration is gone.

Prepare to do a lot of redundant and not appreciated work.

On-calls and open space.

Advice to Management

Return to test and PM institutions.

Get back to normal offices. Open space doesn't work at Microsoft, too many distractions.

Improve cross-group collaboration.

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