Great place to work
Great place to work
The company is very forward-looking with the new leadership (Satya). The culture is rapidly evolving to be caught up with, or ahead of, the competition. It has a wide reach, with lots of opportunities to make an impact on the world.
Time-off is very flexible. Work-life balance is well managed on most teams.
Lots of legacy/historical processes are slowing down the company, making work frustrating at times. Currently, there is a lot of churn to reach the "ideal state" as quickly as possible (as mentioned in the pros). Company culture is still not very in-tune with the rest of the market and how competitors do their business at a tactical level, but this is improving in the last year.
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