Microsoft Product Department Employee Reviews
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
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Varies by Principal Manager. Find one you like and follow them.
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What do you like best about the leadership team?
good good good good good
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They listen, are willing to be wrong and are authentic. Not a ton of politics for such a big company.
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Visionary and promotes Risk Taking
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How they treat me and how fast we work
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offer help and use words
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What does the leadership team need to get better at?
life is hard and so am I
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Setting up early career employees for success
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be a better leader in general, be more commanding in what they want
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Not doing too many things at a time with no clear metrics
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Joint projects
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What is the best part about your compensation package?
They offer excellent health benefits
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Packing the package and shipping it
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Performance based incentives and flexible working hours
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It is the 401K match
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Salary plus annual bonuses and stock grants.
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Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
After working for a company for 17 years you would think there are more chances to move up, but instead the likable employees move ahead and then block you so you don't make them look inadequate.
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More money and better wlb
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Base Salary is low. Especially after MBA from Ivy League universities.
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An increase in total compensation
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Competitors like Facebook, Salesforce, and Google pay a lot more
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What are some of the best things about your team?
Very forthcoming, great team players, healthy competition
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The best part is how long it takes to do somethings
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innovative and smart set of people
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What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Meetings aren't just an opportunity to chat.
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Too many people decide who to interact with based on how it will affect their review. People who can't impact reviews tend to be overlooked or ignored.
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What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Growth Mindset, Happy go lucky team
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Everyone is being nice to everyone else
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we help each other on everything
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Caring, passionate, desire to learn more about the latest technology
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What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Employee surveys need to be how a leader gets compensated. If they don't support their employees, they are not doing a good job.
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pretty good, surrounded by like minded people
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Stop stuffing contractors into crowded rooms with scraps of desk space. If you really want quality work from us, provide decent tools and work areas.
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What did you like most about the interview process?
great awesome. this is the best company
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More conversation based and less grilling
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Ask them questions and they will answer
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What would you improve about your company's interview process?
It was slow and communication is poor. It's the worst thing about Microsoft and needs an overhaul.
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What makes you most happy at work?
Working on interesting problems with cross functional teams
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The products that I am working on makes a difference in someone’s life somew
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My friends and coworkers that will always greet me
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doing work everyday of my life
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Achieving my goals and objectives
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What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Employee recognition is based on the most likable people in the group.
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When a company relies as much on contractors as Microsoft does, they weaken themselves.
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What do you like best about your company?
I can afford to live a small amount above the norm.
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Vision for Organization and Team Culture
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What would you most like to see improved at your company?
More immersed with customers and customers wants/need
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Work life balance
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