Politics, politics, politics
Politics, politics, politics
Great benefits and great perks.
A good, competitive salary with lots of incentives for employees in terms of extras.
This is more valid for people in Redmond.
Microsoft is a highly political place to work in terms of how you get ahead.
It's more who you know and how you grease the wheels versus what you know and how hard you work.
Cut the deadweight employees that have been hanging on there for years and not doing any valid work. You keep these people in order to pad the bottom 10%.
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