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Nice People, Brutal Stack Ranking

Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 6 years
October 22, 2013
Redmond, Washington
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Relatively laid-back working hours. People are usually nice. But I heard this really depends on teams. I have friends in some teams that have brutal hours, but their teams generally get more opportunities for promotion. So I think this is fair.

Cons

Stack ranking in the annual review process is brutal. No matter what, they will pick 20% of employees to give bad ratings to.

Advice to Management

I hope the stack ranking can be removed.

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