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Little opportunity to do more

Software Development Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 4 years
January 5, 2014
Moscow, Moscow
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Great project with a huge user base and opportunity to grow.

Perfect work/life balance.

Strong global strategy.

Cons

Slow pace.

A lot of managers.

It's difficult to promote to a new level. Performance reviews and promotions only happen once a year.

Outdated and slow technology stack for web service development.

Problems using open source tools.

Agile and Scrum are just words.

A lot of strong people are leaving the company.

Advice to Management

To compete with Google, Amazon, and others in the services space, you should create a more agile and innovative atmosphere. Allow people to use the best tools and build those tools.

Fail fast and do more.

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