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Good company, bad management

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 4 years
October 29, 2014
Redmond, Washington
4.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Good place to work: location, compensation, smart good people, interesting job, and lots of high-paced innovations in many teams. Pro Sports Club is awesome and paid by the company.

Cons

The review system forces people to focus on their personal goals in the competition against team members instead of working towards common goals.

No matter of your contribution or how well you work with the feature crew, personal relationships with your manager and further up the chain of management are crucial to formal success. Teams often lose technically strong people due to this non-technical reason.

Many of the office spaces do not have windows. This is an awful experience not to see a glimpse of natural light during the whole day.

Advice to Management

Work out a review system that would promote teamwork.

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