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1. No decent way to submit formal internal complaints. 2. HR is outsourced and won't help you that much. 3. Low chance for promotion and upward movement. 4. Fired for nonsense reasons, with no warning previously, no chance for appeal. One day out of blue manager told me I was performing "well below minimum expect level", "cannot complete task independently", "do not respect company culture", "disrupt team environment", among other nonsense reasons. I have no formal channel to complain, manger's mangers (M2) doesn't take me seriously and say I lack respect for my manager's judgement. Next month I was terminated for performing well below minimum expect level and have no way to appeal. Left a message to CEO on Teams the day I left saying I have absolute confidence anyone I worked with, aside from my manager, will say I perform just as well, if not better than my coworkers. I know it doesn't change anything though. I would sue for wrongful termination, but I don't have money or energy to fight 10 years+ lawsuit with MS.

This is only related to Digital Sales in Dublin Office! 1. Salaries are joke. Comparing to Google, Facebook, Hubspot, Twitter and other big players in Ireland, Microsoft pays less. Sometimes even 20-30%. They will tell you that 'they're adjusting salaries to market' but it's not really a thing. If you wanna earn a lot of money (especially in sales) go elsewhere. Negotiation/salary increase/promotion is rather symbolic and the promotion process has been criticized many times by employees yet nothing much has changed. There's a bigger change of getting promoted if you're 'visible' than getting rewarded for your hard work. That means there's a very little chance to get a proper salary increase regardless if you're a senior or not. Fun fact: Even MS managers tend to say - if you want a raise, quit and come back after 2 years. 2. Taxation in Ireland is ridiculously high -> keep that in mind when considering an offer. Income tax is around 40% and bonuses are taxed 50%! Big chunk of sales salary is a bonus... so do the math. There's nothing much Microsoft does in order to change it (even though they could, there are special tax schemes that, neither you get any benefits while paying highest taxes in the country. (No free healthcare, no public transport, no free childcare + ridiculously expensive rentals starting from 1700EUR/a month for 1bed apartment). 3. No career growth opportunities in Digital Sales. As a few other people mentioned already, Irish managers are always first to consider, regardless of their experience. That makes it really difficult for anyone else becoming a manager. Other than first line manager position, there's not much available (unless you wanna change position/workload but that's not too much of a change now is it. Finding a job outside of Digital Sales is very challenging and can take years (although it's possible). 4. Visibility Bubble. You'll keep seeing and hearing the same faces getting rewarded/awarded/highlighted etc.