Good company if you are seeking work-life balance and an above-average pay at the same time
Good company if you are seeking work-life balance and an above-average pay at the same time
You don't need to work overtime a lot. Some of your colleagues are smart people, and you might have a chance to learn new knowledge or skills from them. Generally, the culture is not that aggressive when compared with other local companies in China.
The hiring bar is not as high as before. I met some really clumsy engineers here. Also, you don't have many serious projects here in China as a branch office, which might not be good for your career development.
Either close branch R&D offices or give them some meaningful projects to have a chance to contribute to Microsoft. The current situation is kind of a waste of money for Microsoft because a bunch of people in branch offices are actually doing meaningless demos/POCs.
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