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The view from a contingent staffer

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET)
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 20 years
October 11, 2013
Redmond, Washington
2.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Excellent cafeterias! Geniuses abound, or so the spin doctors say.

Cons

Rank and yank destroys the culture. This is a class-based culture, folks. Never forget it. As a contractor, I was untouchable. This seems to have been adopted due to Gates' love of all things subcontinental. But unlike our friends over the waves, they don't expel their untermensch every year.

Advice to Management

Way over my paygrade. But when you seek the world's best, you get what comes with it.

Unrelenting aspirations and an every-man-for-himself result.

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