How secure do you feel at your job at Microsoft?
6 Answers from Employees at Microsoft
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Very secure, but not air-tight secure. I've been at Microsoft well over 20 years. I've been through a layoff process once, and have seen the company execute large (front page news) layoffs as well as a bunch of little product groups get canned with little to no publicity. The best advice I was given was to work on products that are strategic to the company. The little side teams that exist as a pet project for some director are usually the first to go when the bottom line is questioned. I also happen to believe that the senior leadership will do a mass layoff whenever they feel the natural attrition rate isn't hitting some prescribed target.
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not very secure at all. the 5% good attrition target is on everyone's mind
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Security is not guaranteed anywhere and it is not guaranteed at Microsoft.
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secure enough, doesn't matter, too many companies are hiring now.
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Not at all.. RIFs happen all the time
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Pretty secure.
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