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Good Balance, Confusing Strategy

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
June 2, 2010
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros
  1. My immediate management was top-notch with regards to transparency on job performance as well as feature work.
  2. Tremendous benefits.
  3. Good work/life balance.
Cons
  1. Some groups still ship once in years, and the feature may get canceled.

  2. Not sure what senior management is ever up to. Strategy changes every six months, with a lack of accountability on the part of senior management.

  3. Not much scope for innovation.

Advice to Management

Be more accountable towards your mistakes and focus on reducing them, rather than having to change strategy (causing massive reorgs) every few months.

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