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Software Development Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 4 years
October 8, 2012
Redmond, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Awesome benefits. Good work/life balance. Interesting problems to work on. Lots of team activities, movie screenings, etc.

Cons

It's big. They do a good job trying to keep the hierarchy flat, but you definitely need to play some politics to move up.

Marketing ads are often painful to watch. It's annoying to have a good product, then have marketing ruin it with a poorly written commercial or campaign.

Advice to Management

Lots of promotions seem to depend on how good a lead is at arguing for directs.

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