Watch your back - Recensione dipendente - Senior Software Development Engineer presso Microsoft

3,0
12 ott 2010
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Bleeding edge technology. If you happen to land in the right right spot, it's really fun to work on a new API or library that other developers will use. Health care coverage - up through 2013. After that it's going to be much more expensive.

Svantaggi

I started working at MSFT at the end of the "gold rush" - mid '90s. At that time if you worked there say 7 to 10 years you were rich and you were retiring - gone to the French Riveria or someplace. With MSFT stock still less than 50% what it was 11 years ago, everyone now must work longer - years longer. The company thrives on new college hires. Fresh, bright, eager, talented 20 somethings from the top CS programs in the world. They come in ready to continue a 60 to 80 hr work week that's much like the quarter system at the university. Lots of papers, projects, mid-terms and finals. Here they are called milestones. Finals are called reviews. As long as you can maintain this continual "grad school death march" you are fine. Once you've put on a few years and pass 40 years old. This pace starts to take a toll on you. In fact, you don't really see too many employees here past the age of 40. You rarely see a person over 50. There's a ladder system of levels and an upward slope. As long as you can maintain a good pace and advance climbing the ladder at a reasonable speed you're fine. There comes a time when you pass 40 years old that you reach your personal maximum level. The company career process is not equipped to deal with that. If you "level out" on your climb and it looks like you won't reach the next rung on the ladder, then you start being treated like dead wood. There's no place for a jouneyman engineer at MSFT. They only respect and understand the early stages of an employees life from 20 something to retirement age. This company is not a safe place to work for older employees.

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5,0
29 giu 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Microsoft Federal is a strong place to work if you want exposure to mission-driven customers and large-scale cloud, AI, security, and data transformation work. The federal business gives you the opportunity to work on meaningful problems that matter beyond traditional commercial outcomes, especially across national security, public safety, defense, and civilian agency missions. The brand carries a lot of credibility with customers, and Microsoft has a very broad technology portfolio, which gives employees the ability to bring real solutions to complex problems. There are also many smart, collaborative people across engineering, sales, customer success, partner teams, and leadership who genuinely want to help customers succeed. Compensation and benefits are strong, especially compared to many other federal technology roles. There is also flexibility in how you manage your work, and the company provides access to a deep internal network, learning resources, and career mobility if you are proactive. For people interested in AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and government modernization, Microsoft Federal can be an exciting place to build experience and credibility.

Svantaggi

The biggest challenge is organizational complexity. Microsoft is a very large company, and getting things done often requires navigating multiple internal teams, priorities, approval chains, and competing motions. This can slow down execution, even when the customer need is clear. Roles can sometimes feel overly matrixed, where accountability is shared across many groups but ownership is not always clear. Sellers and customer-facing teams may spend a significant amount of time coordinating internally instead of directly advancing customer outcomes. There can also be a gap between the pace of commercial innovation and what is actually available, accredited, or practical in federal environments. This is especially true in government cloud, AI, security, and regulated workloads. Employees often have to manage customer expectations carefully when product messaging moves faster than federal availability or implementation realities. Career growth can vary significantly depending on your manager, account alignment, internal visibility, and whether your work maps cleanly to leadership priorities. High performers can still feel stuck if their role is not positioned well within the broader organization.

4,0
28 gen 2013
Dipendente anonimo
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

1. Se ami la tecnologia, questo è un ottimo posto. Senza dubbio parlerai di tecnologia (principalmente dello stack MSFT) dall'azienda al consumatore - dai PC ai telefoni alle Xbox - dal datacenter al desktop. 2. Quelli che erano GRANDI vantaggi ora sono MOLTO BUONI (fatto un piccolo passo indietro) ma probabilmente ancora migliori di quelli che troverai nel 99% delle grandi aziende. Se hai una famiglia, il valore dei benefici è ancora più alto. La partita di 401k è bella. 3. Anche con le sue difficoltà, MSFT è ancora una macchina per la stampa di contanti. Ciò significa che se riesci a tenere il naso pulito e fare un lavoro ragionevole, puoi avere un lavoro stabile, pagare le bollette, nutrire la tua famiglia e non preoccuparti (troppo) dei licenziamenti. Lo stock che possiedi probabilmente non si accumulerà, ma probabilmente non aumenterà nemmeno molto. Riceverai un bonus ogni anno e alcune azioni. È una vita decente se non stai cercando di dare fuoco al mondo.

Svantaggi

Brand sul tuo curriculum: dopo molti anni in cui hai perso quote di mercato e lottato per essere in prima linea nell'innovazione e il fatto che ci sono 90.000 dipendenti, non pensare che MSFT sarà necessariamente attraente nel tuo curriculum per aziende più agili e più piccole . Gestire la tua carriera: fallo dire ad alta voce in modo che registri: 90.000 dipendenti lavorano lì. Il doppio per i venditori. È MOLTO difficile "distinguersi" e salire in azienda. Non aspettarti che il tuo manager sia un grande sostenitore o abilitatore per aiutarti a raggiungere i tuoi obiettivi di carriera: in pratica stanno cercando di sopravvivere allo stack rank anche ogni anno. Non hai familiarità con lo stack rank? Dai un'occhiata all'articolo di Vanity Fair del 2012 chiamato "Microsoft's Lost Decade".

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