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Boring, safe, and predictable, like a family sedan

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for less than 1 year
June 23, 2008
Redmond, Washington
3.0
Doesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

The benefits are top-notch. The pay is solid, if not spectacular, but decent given the stability and low risk. In teams I've been on, work-life balance is excellent. Oh, and occasionally we get to write software.

Cons

It's hard to get anything interesting done at a company this size. More energy goes into covering your butt and navigating the tangled web of interdependencies than into innovation.

Advice to Management

Split up into at least 3 separate companies, and let each sink or swim on its own.

Stop expanding at such a frantic pace, and stop hiring so many questionable program managers.

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