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Good place for software developers and managers

Software Development Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
January 25, 2011
Redmond, Washington
3.0
RecommendsDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Work environment, opportunity to get technical experience, nice benefits. Good pay on management level.

Cons

A lot of management layers.

Work scope is very narrow.

Slow promotions.

Large dependency on a direct manager, less team work.

A lot of non-profitable projects.

Much waste of money on unnecessary efforts in coordination within projects.

Advice to Management

Analyze how money is spent. Remove unnecessary management layers. Invite more experienced people from industries rather than hire just graduates.

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