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Great Balance, Boring Work

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 2 years
November 22, 2017
Redmond, Washington
4.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Growth mindset Amazing work-life balance Great benefits Competitive salary On-premise perks Beautiful campus Many products and teams to choose from and work for.

Cons

A lot of unnecessary politics. Lack of cultural diversity. Most employees are from Asia. Depending on the team and project, there can be boring work for the younger generation.

Advice to Management

Keep your young talent around by giving them opportunities to grow.

Embrace open source and newer technologies, and dump legacy internal tools as fast as you can, like a plague.

Try to change the culture from within your team and make Microsoft great again :)

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