Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) reviews

Politics, promotion and good performance are very tricky. Less and less company potential. Insider only think the idea of old windows time, they don't honor innovation.

- Re-orgs - I have been in this company or almost 3 years and switched teams twice and barely got to write any code, why? Because the group cannot decide its org structure so it keeps re-orging and the developers as a result never get to really *work* on stuff. I've noticed this in two different organizations (servers & tools and Bing). Re-orgs are KILLING employee morale, wasting company money and serving no real purpose. - Too much bureacracy - I have to jump through hoops to switch to a different job within the same company. Ordering a freakin' Book is a nightmare. - Bubble effect - Most people are heavily soaked in the company kool-aid and don't realize that Microsoft products are slowly getting irrelevant in the market. Some people don't even have a clue about what the competitive products are out there. People will have intellectually dishonest debates with you just to satiate their over inflated ego rather than understand what a hole the company is in. - Very low on CREATIVITY, very little ORIGINALITY. Everyone likes to do things in an certain way - its like a government job. - Lot of politics at Principal and General Manager Level. Sometimes who speaks the loudest gets ahead - although its a truism in most places but its sad to see this happen in a technical, facts driven company. - There is SOME exciting work happening, but you need to be in the right place and pray to got that you don't get re-orged out.