Microsoft

Opportunity to work on and learn a lot of great things about software development.

Work on the latest and greatest ALM tools from Microsoft.

Very smart people to work with, and most people are great to work with.

Free soda, candy, and coffee.

Benefits.

Work-life balance

Very hard to move around or to grow your career at this site. You work and live by Redmond time, even though you are on the East Coast. Your experience, opportunity, and performance review greatly depend on the team you are on and your manager. I've had some good managers and bad managers. YMMV.

Very competitive here. Due to the size, it's very hard to get promoted. I've seen a lot of finger-pointing.

The first couple of years are great and you can learn a lot here, but due to the lack of opportunity and the cut-throat culture, it's very hard to stay for a very long time.

I feel like they give very little direction and lack a lot of direction and communication. Work on better communication and direction within the office here. Also, work on fixing a lot of the staffing problems here. The teams need to be better structured.

I approve of the CEO and recommend this company if you plan to work in Redmond.