MicroStrategy Reviews

Pros

Incredibly smart, creative and passionate workforce and true belief by many, many folks in the MicroStrategy platform strength and market potential. A focus on excellence combined with a belief in face to face interaction as much as possible. Some great hires recently across the business. Culture is very results and KPI focused - truly a data driven attitude - can cut both ways but mostly positive.

Cons

Company is still working through the right mix of field empowerment and top down direction and strategy--- both are needed and leadership sometimes can lurch a bit between them or be impatient with the time and effort required to move from idea to execution to institutionalized business practice. Also work to do on moving from a pure technology to business solution focus --- and finding the right mix of both.

Pros

- People were good co-workers. No bro-grammers - Depending on the team, good work life balance. Many strict 9-5ers who have young children. - In building gym with quality free fitness classes (they turn off the AC after 6 p.m. so don't work out late in the summer!) - Fantastic new lounge

Cons

- No investment in software engineers to keep their skills current. - Management is a mess - Salaries are kept low for everybody because the software engineers who rely on the company to eventually get a green card (of which there are many) are incredibly underpaid for their experience level. Bad raises.

Advice to Management

As a "right out of school" hire, it was really disheartening when the software engineers hired a year after you start out 5k-10k higher than you (every year the starting pay discrepancy has increased), and you don't get anything more than a bare minimum bump in salary even with a promotion from junior software engineer. All of the younger software engineers knew that we would have to leave within two years in order to...

Pros

As just out of school, you can learn almost everything you need as a professional software engineer. Co-workers are super friendly and engaged. My supervisor is quite nice. You have a great freedom to implement the project. Excellent gym and great classes.

Cons

The direction of product is vague. The skills for higher level engineer are mediocore. Good performer will leave soon after got green card or better offer.

Advice to Management

Build up the courage to truly improve the product and focuse on the product only.

Pros

Mstr has invested heavily in the latest release for 2019. The features are far more rich than what the markets perception is.

Cons

The company is well behind the competition on the brand perception front. Telling AEs “we expect big things” when the companies leaders don’t provide the tools to do job is disingenuous. AEs need better support from key leaders if they want “big things.”

Advice to Management

The legal contract process takes way to long. Stream line that. Fix your data. Show up to some client meetings. Invest in better brand perception.

Pros

- Fantastic location next to the mall - Unique company culture of intelligent and interesting people - Solid leadership within my department - Nice niche product - Interesting customers - Free beer and cold brew coffee - Free food every day - 24/7 Gym with classes and personal training sessions - Up to date company when it comes to technology and methodologies - Fantastic work life balance - Company events

Cons

- Have heard of some sections of the company that do have poor management - Some aspects of the culture can lead to a bit of a laid back attitude towards work - Company revenue has been stagnant for years - Product has some growth but doesn’t show signs of dominating the industry - Product has some extremely dated components that are finicky and rarely used - Compensation is fairly average to below average

Advice to Management

While the product has grown for their new 2019 release it still doesn’t seem to be a game changer. That and the fact that most of the company’s revenue still comes from support over licensing leaves questions in the air regarding it’s growth. Keep hiring the way you hire, keep educating the employees well on the product. Certainly the company will hold a place in my heart as a unique and great place to work, it definitely...

Pros

Next to the mall, has a gym, Capital One Arena suite tickets (if you're lucky).

Cons

Work here if: 1. You want empty promises of career growth unless you're willing to be a puppet to the executives. 2. You want to endure harassment and bullying by upper management. Don't even bother reporting anything to HR, they're there to protect upper management, not the people. 3. You want to be treated like a number and not as a valued employee. Everyone is replaceable. 4. You like to play the lottery and...

Pros

Next to mall so many eating options

Cons

Do not know where to start. The list is extremely long. Will highlight just a few. - If u planning to join the technology department, absolutely do not join! The head of the department is a CTO who has zero technical knowledge and is very hard to have a conversation with. When he speaks in town halls, everyone usually finds it a good time to take a nap. - Not just the CTO, all VPs reporting to the CTO are also...

Advice to Management

Management? Usually management is refreshed every few months cause they are not able to take more abuse from the CEO. Only people with zero self respect end up staying here.

Pros

This company will teach you everything you don't want in your career and workplace.

Cons

Simply put - MicroStrategy offers the most toxic environment I have ever seen. Yes, there are some very smart and good people here but most EVERYONE is unhappy, tired, overworked and under appreciated and it shows in the toxic, negative environment that you will walk into every single day during your time here. There are no growth opportunities, no recognition for the hard work you will put in, no care for you as an individual...

Advice to Management

Re-evaluate your upper management. When entire departments are losing team members back to back over the span of a few months, clearly you have a major issue. There is truly some talent in this organization but it is blocked by the upper management, VPs, directors, etc. and their egos and sense of belittling anyone below them. I've seen it time and time again across various departments and it is just not acceptable. I...