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Gurdeep Singh Pall
44 Ratings
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Good work life balance, decent pay, reasonable workload, great working environment (in 8 reviews)
Super smart people, great work experience (in 13 reviews)
Cons
re-orgs are happening very often (in 6 reviews)
Redundancies, lack of career opportunities, bad management (in 5 reviews)
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"awesome"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
great people
great food
location
diversity of employee base makes it an interesting and cultural experience to beholdCons
busy, work life balance
travel
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the microsoft acquisition has led to some challenges however those are being addressed and there is excitement for the futureSkype 2016-12-08 14:05 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Pay attention to turn over"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Skype full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
- Catered Lunches
- Flexibility
- Microsoft benefits incl. backup child care.
- Good PaymasterCons
- Frequent (too) reorganizations
- Office Politics. Too many cooks-in-kitchen
- Low-morale among employees in generalAdvice to Management
One of the most challenging things about dealing with these frequent changes is that “it’s hard to get into a rhythm" and specially when every 3/6 months person has to start from zero as previous contributions are NOT recognized. It's hard to make any progress in such environment leading to stagnation and low satisfaction. Please pay attention that policies which are implemented are indeed followed by your senior partner and GPMs to held them accountable.
Skype 2016-09-07 21:58 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Bye skype"
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Disapproves of CEOI worked at Skype full-time (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
Skype 2016-07-30 14:13 PDT![Skype Logo]()
"great proving ground for product marketing"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
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.
Advice to Management
None, really. Everyone I worked with was a total pro. And exec decisions were sound.
Skype 2016-06-16 14:14 PDT![Skype Logo]()
"Senior Designer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Skype full-time
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
Advice to Management
Working at Skype as a Senior Designer is the best decision I ever made in my life. But a little advice, you have to know your stuff to work here. You need a college degree at the very least.
Skype 2016-04-27 18:24 PDTHelpful (6)
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"Principal Program manager"
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Lots of smart people in other parts of Skype
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skype for business is a playground for old time MS friends of Zig - stay away.They are not very good, do not take pride in their products ,and plan to win on the backs of users by pleasing IT.
They do not get the new world.Advice to Management
Fire Zig and his cohorts
Skype 2015-08-18 08:33 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Amateurish in software dev and test processes"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookI have been working at Skype full-time (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.
Advice to Management
Support developers to do test driven development, ui test, and unit tests. So that they can develop with confidence
Skype 2015-08-05 00:07 PDTHelpful (1)
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"product marketing manager"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Skype (More than a year)
Pros
free to work remotely, great opportunity to learn a lot from professionals, and great opportunity for promotions
Cons
Team lacks structure, to many re-orgs, no culture
Skype 2015-07-06 21:41 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Circus"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Skype full-time
Pros
Free food, huge budgets, nice office
Cons
Poor leadership, lack of quality execution
Advice to Management
Needs strategic direction and transparency from leadership team
Skype 2015-04-20 09:46 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Reactive and chaotic"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Skype full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great benefits, excellent free lunch and snacks, bring your dog to work
Cons
Microsoft hasn't decided what they really want to do with Skype. Consequently, there are frequent strategy changes which leads to nonstop re-orgs. As a result, people are afraid to speak up and say what they really think for fear that they will be next. More time is spent preparing Powerpoint deck for senior leadership than doing actual work. If you're great at politics, you may enjoy it. If you hate politics you will be frustrated. Work-life balance is totally dependent on your manager.
Advice to Management
Pick a strategy and stick with it. Encourage people to push back and disagree. Hire more people who work in the office as opposed to remotely.
Skype 2015-03-17 14:56 PDT
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