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Microsoft – “no comment”

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Sep 5, 2008

3.0

Details

Career Opportunities	3.5
Communication	3.5
Compensation & Benefits	3.5
Employee Morale	3.5
Recognition & Feedback	1.5
Senior Leadership	2.0
Work/Life Balance	3.5
Fairness & Respect	2.0

No Opinion of CEO

Anonymous in Redmond, WA (United States) Current Employee

Pros
- surrounded by super smart people
- great place to learn
- ability to make huge impact in any market
- flexible work environment
- opportunity to move into other roles

Cons
- review process is lousy
- work very hard just to be average, with no clarity on how to exceed
- people are often overly analytical for very little gain
- way too much email (100-150 emails per day is average)
- inability to move quickly because you have to loop in many groups/people
- quality work is not rewarded

Advice to Senior Management
- some should retire (we need young blood)
- get rid of lousy managers (they are poison and they affect lots of good employees)
- "everything" can't be strategic
- focus and invest in products/business that reflect our core competencies
- kill non-profitable businesses
- reward your employees better (too many unhappy faces)