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Nice place overall, has its pros and cons like every other

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 6 years
April 5, 2013
Mountain View, California
3.0
Pros

Some really smart and technical people to work with and lots of potential to learn.

Very flexible work-life balance; you just need to be good at what you do. No one cares if you are working from home 3 days a week and come in only for a couple of days.

Lot of opportunities to switch between roles.

Good pay, benefits, and employee-friendly environment.

Cons

There was a lot of mismanagement and a bad review process, which resulted in demotivated employees.

The company is too big, with many teams lacking proper vision and leadership. They kept re-strategizing and redoing what had been done over and over again.

You work only on Microsoft technologies, making yourself not so easily portable outside.

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