What do you like about working at Microsoft?
"I like the ability to balance your schedule with personal needs - so the work-life balance. The office environment is good: free drinks, a lot of options for food, etc. I like the benefits."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Make sure you CLEARLY understand the role and if it will change in the near future. If there are other factors at play or other orgs that impact your role, understand what those are as well."
What don't you like about working at Microsoft?
"My dislikes are: too much company politics, people spend way too much time managing their careers and not their business, too much unclarity with roles, too much role redundancy, and not enough good managers in leadership roles."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I would have someone in charge who is progressive and forward thinking about the business, where the next innovations in tech are being made, and set the company up for the long term."
What do you like about working at Covad?
"The people. That's it. Company is on the way out and the management team don't have a clue how to go to the next stage."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Company has alot of issues and is scrambling to make each month. Not a good environment."
What do you like about working at Covad?
"The People."
What don't you like about working at Covad?
"Pretty much everything else."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"They should really look at what they want to be in the next few years and manage according to that. They over burden their employees to do much more than is possible."
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