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Microsoft is a great place to work with solid work-life balance

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 4 years
August 9, 2018
Redmond, Washington
5.0
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Pros

Microsoft has a great work-life balance, interesting, challenging work, and good policies and team interaction. I like my teammates, management, and compensation. I'm pretty happy working here. The benefits are also very good.

Cons

At Microsoft, you don't get a lot of the flashy things that other companies get, like free lunch or a gym on campus. Also, management has gotten more stingy in the last few years, and now our morale events are very lacklustre and boring.

Advice to Management

Spending a bit more on morale events would increase retention and give Microsoft more of a feel of being a flashy and cool place to work. I know it feels like throwing money away, but you'll save that money back on not having to recruit people.

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