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Updated Apr 13, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "bad management : decisions taken from the top, employees are expected to work on anything they are given, a lot of hidden politics" (in 7 reviews)
- "Senior management will consistently avoid making a decision if there is any way out" (in 5 reviews)
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Strong financial backing by MSFT Great team spirit. Creative approaches to marketing
Cons
Satellite of of Redmond now that MSFT as integrated. Lost entrepreneurial edge.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
big opportunity to integrate with Microsoft products.
Cons
late in the game and lost the momentum
- Former Employee★★★★★
Great People, but becoming large company-ish with Microsoft purchase
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Top-notch co-workers with excellent domain knowledge
Cons
Some old-school Microsoft hubris and cut-throat management was imported, but improving with Satya Nadella's influence
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Great working with friendly people focused on creating a cool product that helps people communicate with family and friends world wide.
Cons
The organization was working through a transition phase. A classic time when politics of a few degrades from progress of the whole.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
great people great food location diversity of employee base makes it an interesting and cultural experience to behold
Cons
busy, work life balance travel comp the microsoft acquisition has led to some challenges however those are being addressed and there is excitement for the future
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
- Catered Lunches - Flexibility - Microsoft benefits incl. backup child care. - Good Paymaster
Cons
- Frequent (too) reorganizations - Office Politics. Too many cooks-in-kitchen - Low-morale among employees in general
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Amazing people, exciting brand and product with great potential
Cons
The company as it was is long gone, Microsoft crushed the soul
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
super collaborative environment, great work-life balance, high end of pay scale.
Cons
Application is losing market share to other communication apps so advertising (where I worked) is not a huge priority, Aol/Microsoft merger make a mildly chaotic environment.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Its such a friendly environment, the hours are, no offense, but really easy and relaxed, great pay, great bonuses, really practices social mobility and is an encouraging environment. I love it here.
Cons
Senior management, at least in the Seattle HQ, can be a pain in the behind, they are always on you about getting things done, not on time, but early, on time = late
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Free snacks, drinks, lunch, parties
Cons
Worked with Software developers and testers who don't know what Unit tests, regression tests, etc. One Software Engineer in Test (SDET) asked me "What is unit test? do you mean uni test?" All their SDET does are using their finger or mouse to manually test Skype. No automated test. When developer wants to implement Unit Test or Automated UI test, they are not encouraged or supported, or discouraged. Because Dev Team and QA Team are competing with each other. They didn't want one another to be successful.
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Skype Reviews FAQs
Skype has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 153 reviews left anonymously by employees. 69% of employees would recommend working at Skype to a friend and 37% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
69% of Skype employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Skype 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Skype to be culture, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.
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