Microsoft reviews

If you are unlucky to report to a manager who doesn't care about your career growth or follow Microsoft's evaluation tools, no one is holding them accountable. This means that you can be without career evaluation for years. The issue is that the tooling (Connect) is used to apply internally so if like me your manager is simply uninvested, they render you non-competitive. My best option was to apply outside of Microsoft to reach seniority. The other issue is diversity. While I see the value everywhere. As a woman, it wasn't fun to be the only one in the room as I was the only woman in my team. I think Microsoft is overselling diversity to attract talent but there is no real plan after that especially for diverse candidates with manger who are not invested. Lastly HR was not helpful or supportive in addressing the issue besides dismissing my concerns and sending me back to my manager. And so was the leadership team.