Microsoft Charlotte Reviews

Pros

Microsoft truly cares about their employees and encourages all of us to find our passion in life and use this when defining our goals. Great benefits and wonderful teammates.

Cons

Sometimes the insane amount of information can be overwhelming. There is a lot of information to learn at Microsoft so you should be prepared to learn new things everyday.

Advice to Management

Keep up the great work!

Pros

Great flexibility in spite of hard work and demanding goals. Exciting to be a part of sales/services team.

Cons

Poorly chosen executives. Too long identifying and managing problem executives out.

Advice to Management

Spend more time developing leaders and managers. Work on retention strategies.

Pros

Plenty of opportunities to learn and advance your career. Challenging environment and advance technologies.

Cons

Time consuming. Work-life balance is a myth. But you have to work hard and smart to stay on the Top.

Advice to Management

The new management figured it out. compete and partner with all viable technologies to keep Microsoft innovating.

Pros

Great benefits, empowered to change the world

Cons

Development jobs limited in location, particularly Seattle. Competitive environment.

Pros

They have endless resources for personal growth and benefits for tuition reimbursement. Overall compensation and benefits are well above average Satya is a refreshing change and has made the atmosphere more collaborative

Cons

It's a large company and they do not move quickly as might be perceived Support Services is well behind the industry in terms of methods and modes Not open to ideas bottom up - they have to be funded top down. You can have positive ROI or innovative ideas and still not be supported or expanded.

Advice to Management

Just because you are Microsoft, does not mean you can not look outward for best practices. Success manager roles have been in the industry for many years as a best practice. Microsoft has only started to build out this service.

Pros

Outstanding compensation and health benefits

Cons

I cannot think of any.

Advice to Management

Keep going with the innovations!

Pros

Pay and benefits are competitive. Flexible work arrangements are very common. The actual work can be very interesting and rewarding once you get past all the management/corporate crap.

Cons

No job security. Always just waiting on the axe to fall and get shoved out. Rewards are all about how well you can market yourself to management, not about the work you do.

Advice to Management

Stop calibration, stack ranking, or whatever we are calling it this FY and enough with all the impact jargon and 4-5 forced "connects" each year.

Pros

Smart people who focus on having fun while getting the job done. Having an onsite cafeteria saves time during lunch hour.

Cons

There is a steep learning requirement when doing the initial ramp up. Be prepared to reorganize your priorities if it wasn't already 2 or 3.