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Software Development Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 2 years
July 23, 2014
Seattle, Washington
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Green card policy

Work-life balance: Lots of teams really have little work to do, especially test teams.

Health insurance

401(k)

Mature engineering system

Systematic and automated testing

Cons

Old technology, isolated from the rest of the IT world.

Too many vendors, especially from India.

Slow promotion speed: for engineers, it's normal to take 3 years to be promoted one level.

Advice to Management

Nothing to say. The company is simply too big.

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