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Great Location, Bad Review System

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 4 years
June 17, 2012
Redmond, Washington
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

The Seattle area is a great place to live. There are lots of hiking and outdoor activities. Microsoft has a lot of social clubs, so you'll find other employees with similar interests.

Cons

The performance review system is amazingly bad for morale.

Even people doing just fine are worried about getting bad scores.

Instead of a positive culture of aspiring to excellence, it's all about fear.

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