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Awesome - 18 great years and 2 average ones

Test Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Microsoft for 20 years
June 18, 2013
Redmond, Washington
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

Variety of technical challenges, fairly easy movement throughout the company. When I get bored, I change groups. A large percentage of employees are smart, and over 50% are very good to work with.

Cons

The review system sucks and is draining, especially for managers who care about people. There's too much focus on career development; we should focus on building great products, and career development will happen organically.

Advice to Management

Kill the stack rank and count on employees' strong desire to build great products.

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