New Job Reviews:Microsoft
Company Rating:
"Don't hate the job but don't love it"
Microsoft is a choice of stability over Career Growth
The company has consistently delivered strong numbers year after year (despite lots of people complain about Vista, the sales numbers of the new OS is stronger than ever). Microsoft has a very stable development cycle and process. Burnouts, long hours and frustrations over the team's...
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Company Rating:
"Best job in life"
Love working with really smart people and interesting projects
There just is not other company like this in the world. You have the ability to do truly global, groundbreaking that will be deployed by literally hundreds of millions of customers and make their daily life better.
People here, both managers and developers, are very competent and could help...
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People here, both managers and developers, are very competent and could help...
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Company Rating:
"Just here for the paycheck"
Great employer - for lawyers, MBA, and business types
Well, before I start saying what I don't like about Microsoft, I'd give the fair amount of credit to the company. The pay and benefits at Microsoft is superb, and the Seattle is actually pretty great in terms of weather, traffic, and environment in general. So I shouldn't complain...
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Company Rating:
"Don't hate the job but don't love it"
A uptight culture compared to other tech companies
Microsoft has had a very tense, serious culture since its founding. When I say uptight, I don't mean that you have to wear a shirt to go to work. The developers usually just wear jeans, shirts and sneakers to work. But the managers are the no-nonsense types. They hold meetings and make sure...
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