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Microsoft – “great place to start”

5 of 7 people found this helpful

Aug 7, 2008

4.0

Details

Career Opportunities	3.5
Communication	4.0
Compensation & Benefits	4.0
Employee Morale	4.0
Recognition & Feedback	4.5
Senior Leadership	4.5
Work/Life Balance	4.0
Fairness & Respect	4.0

Approves of CEO

Program Manager II in Redmond, WA (United States) Past Employee (2006)

Pros
breath of product groups to chose from, well defined career path, brand recognition, opens up opportunities elsewhere once you have msft on resume. great benefits package - proclub, health insurance, dental coverage. large campus with football, basketball, volleyball fields - lot of sports leagues, flexible time, option to work remotely, presence all over the world - opportunity to travel overseas to take short term assignment or projects. flexibility and say in the kind of work you do, especially as a developer. ease in moving between different groups - great internal career website to facilitate that. one of the few places where people are generally smart and level headed

Cons
large company, deal with red-tape and bureocrasy

Advice to Senior Management
get your act together, fire the incompetent middle management, flatten hierarchy, bring fairness in to the review process,