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Good Pay, Smart Team

Software Development Lead
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 20 years
October 10, 2012
Redmond, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  • Broad set of products to work on
  • Mostly smart and driven employees
  • Great pay/benefits
  • Good flexibility in terms of how to do your job
Cons
  • Pockets of bureaucracy (depends a lot on the team)
  • Performance review system does not empower managers to do what is right for each employee
  • Organizational structure with Dev/Test/PM leaders for each area can lead to conflicting priorities/values
Advice to Management

Overall, I feel the company is moving in a good direction recently. We need to continue to focus on going deeper on fewer products and hold leaders accountable. We must fix the review system.

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