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Excellent work-life balance

Software Engineer II
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 4 years
April 14, 2017
Redmond, Washington
4.0
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Pros

Great work-life balance (I am never expected to work more than 8 hours a day), individual offices (although this is quickly changing in the newer buildings), and amazing benefits.

Cons

Middle management isn't the best. A lot of my projects feel like they are just catering to some director's whim.

Also, there is a strong sentiment that showing some data, even if it is bad, dirty, or incomplete, is better than showing no data. I fundamentally disagree with this.

Advice to Management

Actually make data-driven decisions. Stop trying to show bad information for the sake of showing something.

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