What needs to change to make the company culture better at Microsoft?
20 Answers from Employees at Microsoft
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Top Employee Response
The internal job advancement is terrible. There is not a system in place. The managers and Hr partners is not on the same page.
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Calibration and curve are not gone - it's just not communicated. As a result - your think about competing with your co-workers, not Google
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Improve the review process to make it more transparent. You cannot use numbers to drive daily behavior and then ignore them come review time
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Middle managers overwork their teams to prove to leadership that they are focused on business goals. Unfortunately losing customer focus.
- 3Helpful
Too much bureaucracy, back stabbing, and focus on the next promotion. Not enough emphasis on shipping good products.
- 3Helpful
Start looking out for your people instead of the bottom line, like the old days.
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Change the culture on the top and it will go down to the management team
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Toxic environment with so many overlapping organizations stepping all ovet each other.
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Enforcement of Microsoft policies and code of conduct
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Need to move away from outdated technologies
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Combative and non-supportive environment. Dog eat dog.
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Confusing he policies, unfriendly to emoyees
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Less process feeding middle management.
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Work/life, prioritization, communication, support
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People looking to leave.
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Teamwork and trust
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Waiting for lay-offs
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Inclusive behaviour
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Positive
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Teamwork
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