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Microsoft – “Great place to work unless you have a bad manager

Nov 3, 2009

5.0

Microsoft Software Development Engineer in Redmond, WA:   (Past Employee - 2007)

Pros

Super medical benefits
Chance to move to different group after a couple of years. If you work in Redmond this benefit is very very attractive.
Lot of smart people
You will get your own private office room (you need to wait 1-3 years sometimes). I was lucky to my own office after 6 months and having that privacy was great for focus.

Cons

Bad manager can ruin you. In my case, my manager in the second group was over-demanding and it made life difficult.
Bureaucracy can be a damper, depending on your group.

Advice to Senior Management

Move fast and be bold like Google. Come up with inspired products like Apple.

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