Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

It doesn’t matter what you want to do because directorship can put you where it’s most convenient. They try to make sure everyone feels good about their work and their position, and they may even mean it, but they will only let it apply insofar as it goes along with their plan/convenience. When people do get what they want it typically also has this monkey’s paw type catch as well.

After a ton of people were laid off, teams are expected to be more productive. That would’ve been fine but Microsoft’s pay isn’t competitive enough to warrant this