Microsoft reviews

A lot nowadays. The speak of culture but it is just lip service. The LT gives a preso on it but never is there any action items behind it. Seems a lot of new LT, managers that want to come in and change everything. Change can be good, but first learn the Microsoft processes before you determine it needs changing. Little to no trust in SLT, say one thing, does another. Unless you are a huge self-promoter, you will never go anywhere. Seems like 25 percent of the people, do the work for the other 75 percent who doesnt.

Pay increase barely keeps up with inflation. Even if you have a killer year, won't really show that different on your bonus, raise. Pay just enough to keep you from quitting. Middle management is bloated to death, your manager has no idea what you do. They do nothing but posture and join useless meetings all day. My manager meets with me once a month so she can play pretend. Microsoft is no longer about solutions and is now about selling you things you don't need (where open source is a better choice). Technical consultants are a dying breed. If you're joining to grow your skillset in anything other than Azure, you're in the wrong place Bulls***t trainings that teach you nothing and are demoralizing and redundant Required certifications that are extremely difficult and teach you nothing Black box on how they decide bonuses (used to be a ranking system where there were empirical markers and now it's just a popularity contest) Require you do "extracurriculars" aka work outside work hours for free Money flows to the sales teams while those who work on the ground get the shaft