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Worst company I worked for. Stupid managers managing smart people. Office politics ==> Career smasher

Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Former Employee
Worked at Microsoft for 4 years
November 26, 2014
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Smart colleagues, that too if you are lucky.

Cons

Worst, worst, worst, and again worst management structure.

Total broken attitudes of pointing fingers at employees for a total management failure.

No matter how smart you are, how well you perform, if your manager is having an attitude sickness, you are done. And the beauty is, you can't report it anywhere.

They make your life hell, they create a hostile environment, and they pressurize people.

Icing on the cake: utter political games in the company. It's all about who knows who, who is friends with who.

I was in a team where the entire team thinks in one direction, the manager thinks the opposite, and stuff happened.

Advice to Management

Please, please, please learn what is happening in your teams. Know your teams well.

If you are totally dumb to what's happening, please don't pretend like you know it all, and please don't play politics.

Please have a system where HR is independent of the managers, and a system where managers are held accountable for what happens in the teams.

In a nutshell, learn how to hire managers.

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