Microsoft

A lot of politics and lies by almost everyone who can lie (80-90% of employees), except freshers and a few moral folks. Good for those who are unqualified, not so good engineers, but okay in interviews. They don't know much but can blabber in meetings and like to play dirty lies and politics. I am sure some of the people watching this review will be happy because there are a lot of thankless liars and political folks dying to earn money and respect, even if it comes by deceit. Overall, a pretty pathetic culture and only good for such politics-ridden people.

The company still works well only because of a few good engineers, the legacy of good old products, copying new software services like Azure as a pure copy of AWS, etc., and an okay CEO who is good at acquisitions, monetization, and politics.

Also, managers are ready to invest in extra below-average engineers who like to play their slave than good solid engineers. They can actually survive by creating new issues and redoing the same stuff.

Who knows what is going on in the code except good engineers? They justify wrong and incorrect things. The services actually suffer a lot of issues, and the life of engineers becomes hell fixing and monitoring them.

A lot of politics and lies by almost everyone who can lie (80-90% of employees), except freshers and a few moral folks. Good for those who are unqualified, not-so-good engineers but okay in interviews. They don't know much but can blabber in meetings and like to play dirty lies and politics. I am sure some of the people watching this review will be happy because there are lots of thankless liars and political folks dying to earn money and respect, even if it comes by deceit.

Overall, a pretty pathetic culture and only good for such politics-ridden people. The company still works well only because of a few good engineers, the legacy of good old products, copying new software services like Azure, and an okay CEO who is good at acquisitions, monetization, and politics.

Also, managers are ready to invest in extra below-average engineers who like to play the slave rather than good, solid engineers. They can actually survive by creating new issues and redoing the same stuff. Who knows what is going on in the code except good engineers? They justify wrong and incorrect things. The services actually suffer a lot of issues, and the life of engineers becomes hell fixing and monitoring them.

Overall, if you are a good human being who likes to contribute and play fair, this company is hell. It's full of liars, cheaters, dirty politics, and unfair practices in review and work management. But if you can play politics along with these cheaters, you may not get to do great work and responsibilities, but you can survive and grow.

In short, awesome for low-quality engineers who like to play poor politics and culture.

Fire most of the immediate and senior managers. Revoke powers of promotion, etc., from managers and give weightage to contribution more than to those influenced by pre-consensus or acting for self-benefits. All managers do things only for their own benefit. Responsibilities and true performance are far smaller compared to political benefits. There must be a self-awareness check before promoting to higher positions. When an animalistic mindset reaches powerful positions, those individuals only misuse and mistreat the system. Being unaware, they don't even realize their actions and keep putting the blame on others, many a time deliberately.