Microsoft Principal Software Development Engineer reviews

No one cares... your boss, they better be strong and have backbone and conviction or you may experience an awful work environment. This isn’t similar to other companies, this is a constant within Microsoft. Let me give me context. Yes - MICROSOFT is obsessed with diversity but this also means that often the best qualified person didn’t get the job. I’ve watched this happen time and time again. When you interview or “loop” if there isn’t enough diversified candidates then MICROSOFT will redo the interview process - EVEN if a highly qualified candidate was available. Every year there’s a high probability you’ll end up in a reorg. In 5 years I was caught in 4 organizations. Unproductive and confusing to both employees and customers. MICROSOFT is not customer obsessed. Moving roles constantly makes it hard to know your customer well and add value. Every year my new customers made it a point to let me know how upset they were with the constant shifting. This is a company you go to out of college then leave! There’s little stability and unless you’re a minority (which I am, a woman) you’ll struggle with promotions even if you’re a rock star.

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