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Great for Type A leaders; awful for engineers who want to just be engineers

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
August 28, 2009
Redmond, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Great health plan and other perks. You get to work on very high-profile projects. Flexible working hours (somewhat). Great company store.

Cons

Lose your soul; non-aggressive people are pummeled to a pulp. Risk losing your family, risk losing your mental health. Surprisingly, a large number of my peers are on depression and/or anxiety meds caused by work stress. My psychiatrist noted an enormous portion of her clients are from Microsoft, and she has become quite familiar with the issues.

Advice to Management

I gave you rat bastards ten years of my career. I have been out a year and have re-discovered that I am a great engineer and there are nice people in the world who actually care about their fellow man.

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