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Software Development Engineer

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 2 years
March 3, 2014
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros

Work-life balance, opportunity to work on a breadth of technologies and teams, multicultural environment, good health benefits, flexible working hours. Redmond and the surrounding areas have good schools, and they are not as expensive as California.

Cons

Competitive work, environment, and politics greatly vary between team to team, so best of luck in landing in the right team.

Advice to Management

Shrink the size of the company. Deal harshly with leads/managers promoting a political environment, an "us vs. them" mentality among teams.

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