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Big company, but big products

Software Development Engineer II
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 2 years
June 21, 2013
Redmond, Washington
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

The benefits package is really, really good: health, gym (Pro Club), fringe benefits, etc.

Coworkers - intelligence, personalities.

Devs get their own office.

Cons
  • On-call rotation: Maintaining a large online service regularly woke me up at night with service errors.
  • Big company / red tape: Sometimes abounds, both for development of features and getting logistical stuff done.
Advice to Management

Go for smaller, nimble teams.

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