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Michael J. Saylor
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work life balance is very good there (in 80 reviews)
Great People to work with and always challenging assignments (in 36 reviews)
Cons
upper management takes too much time to get things done (in 51 reviews)
For a company that preaches transparency Microstrategy does not do a good job at all in being transparent with those not in senior management (in 29 reviews)
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"Senior Sales Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MicroStrategy full-time (More than 10 years)
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Any individual employee can make a difference at MicroStrategy.
Cons
MicroStrategy operates in a very competitive environment.
Advice to Management
Continue to increase investment in product innovation and marketing.
MicroStrategy 2017-08-15 15:00 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Not bad"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at MicroStrategy full-time
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good team members, nice environment
Cons
not clear path to growth
MicroStrategy 2017-08-14 18:24 PDT![MicroStrategy Logo]()
"Senior Account Executive"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MicroStrategy full-time (More than 3 years)
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-Comp plan is outstanding
- Customers love the product and if you have fans you can make tons of money
- culture is really fun and start-up likeCons
- BI is becoming a saturated market
- micromanagement of the wrong stuffMicroStrategy 2017-08-14 18:07 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Software Engineer"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MicroStrategy full-time (Less than a year)
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Good knowledge base and friendly culture. Everyone in my team is talented and helpful. It's a great starting point as a junior software engineer.
Cons
Even though the culture is called "Agile", it's still slow on the process and administration.
MicroStrategy 2017-08-08 13:18 PDTHelpful (11)
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"This is fine..."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at MicroStrategy full-time (More than 3 years)
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You will note everyone mentions things like the gym or the freebies they delve out when morale (inevitably) hits critical levels. You may also note some of these reviews seem rather scripted.
During my time the peers were arguably the best aspect of the job, and ironically the dysfunctional atmosphere set me up for a much greater role. It's hard to find a better stepping stone if you make the most of your time here, just don't stay too long.
After the recent plunge, you won't hear many employees complaining about the lack of stock options. The massive amount of voluntary turnover has prevented widespread layoffs the past year.Cons
The founder/CEO/President/Chairman of the Board/decision maker across every department. Senior leadership below Glorious Leader exist solely to enable his micromanaging processes and to lick his boots. The Old Boys Club is alive and well here.
While much data will be collected and regurgitated in manic fashions, rest assured that all decisions will solely be based upon opinions. Tenured department leaders pride themselves in their capacity to manipulate this fact.
Competitors that are 1/4 its age are now pulling in double its revenue.
Outside of your title, which you will need to fight for, your career will not grow here. Skills will atrophy in an atmosphere of "by orders of the king," so make use of Lynda and fight to get industry certifications.Advice to Management
Over the long run there is a pattern of corporate bulimia, binging on executive hires, and ultimately purging when these hires don't help the company improve. Talented people (people who generate value-added work) bail long before the stock takes a plunge, worried more about their own market value, but also recognizing the slow and steady decline of a company that's has perpetually failed to reach its real world potential. After a couple cycles and finally recognizing the pattern, the employee chooses between a cushy unfulfilling job of looking busy/stressed/optimistic or to cut bait and move on.
MicroStrategy 2017-08-06 04:56 PDT![MicroStrategy Logo]()
"Life is balanced"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at MicroStrategy full-time
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Working time is flexible. Gym, free gym classes. Free food on Friday's food truck and Thursday Thirty.
Cons
People feel less motivation to get management role
MicroStrategy 2017-08-02 19:27 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Everyone Always Comes Back"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MicroStrategy full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
The people, work life balance, atmosphere
Cons
Ability to Grow, Boys Club in Upper Management, Big brother (Usher), salary
Advice to Management
Continue to make the atmosphere positive. People stay in jobs for the people so continue to make this a fun place to work and you wont have a problem
MicroStrategy 2017-07-28 06:27 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Great company to work for regardless of experience"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at MicroStrategy full-time (More than 5 years)
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Good benefits, 401k matching, and great training opportunities (especially the 6 weeks boot camp immediately after joining the company).
Cons
If you don't work at HQ, you can get lost in the corporate forest.
Advice to Management
Be more hands-on, step down from the ivory tower from time to time.
MicroStrategy 2017-07-26 13:21 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Great Company!"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at MicroStrategy full-time (More than 5 years)
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A great place to work. Plenty of variety of project work. Work with and learn from some of the best people in IT. Management does a good job of matching consultants with assignments that make best use of their talents while challenging you to expand your skill set. If you have a chance to work for this company, take it!
Cons
Lots of travel (50-75%) if your in the Professional Services organization. That can be a problem for some people but it suited me just fine.
In my case work location was split about 50/50 between working from my home office and traveling to customer sites throiughout the US & Canada.MicroStrategy 2017-07-18 12:07 PDT![MicroStrategy Logo]()
"Best in Enteprise reporting"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at MicroStrategy full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Still among the best in enterprise BI. Excel in enterprise BI
Cons
Lost focus and now cant seem to catch up with data discovery vendor even with focus. Also missing data engineering spectrum of things
Advice to Management
Need better data discovery tool. Why no offer in data engineering side of thing.
MicroStrategy 2017-08-03 19:18 PDT
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