Intern in Summer '07
Intern in Summer '07
- Innovative work culture
- Possibility of a lot of growth
- Importance given to employee creativity
- Very good work-life balance
- Good compensation
- Some groups are sluggish and require standard/non-innovative work.
- There is a lot of bureaucracy near top levels.
- Things which are not good for Microsoft are sometimes done.
- Very bad leadership post-Bill Gates (it was not good even during his time).
- The organization is not the most creative place you can work in post-Google.
- Still very good in new groups.
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