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Smart Colleagues, Broken Management

Software Developer
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 6 years
July 10, 2012
Redmond, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

There are some truly great people working at Microsoft.

Learning from them and working with them on interesting projects cannot be undervalued.

It's also a great place to intern.

Cons

(Mis)management. Broken review system. Processes and politics.

Not the best for people who are more technical than politicians and don't want to be drawn into politics. They also don't want to be competing with peers instead of doing their job and delivering great products.

Oh, and you better be an SDE than an SDET because whatever they say, there are plenty of people who don't treat good test developers as well as they do product developers.

Advice to Management

Advice? They won't listen to any, and even if they do, they will still do it their way.

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