Working at Microsoft in China, ME: 3 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in China, ME Area

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On average, employees in China, ME at Microsoft give their company a 4.5 rating out of 5.0 based on 3, whereas overall Average Rating of Microsoft is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 993 Microsoft Review Ratings. The happiest Microsoft employees in China, ME are Senior Account Managers submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Software Developers with a rating of 3.7.

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Growth Opportunities

3.5

People You Work With

4.3

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4.1

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4.2

Way You Work

4.1

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4.1

Embedded Systems Engineer

"I worked at Microsoft since 1997. Absolutely wonderful salary and benefits. The quality of the experience in teams that I worked in varied, some wonderful, some poor. To get a job here, do some research regarding the technology of the position, and practice whiteboard coding of classic simple coding algorithms. A general trend I observed is that those at higher management levels seem to not be sincerely focused on serving the needs of the customer, fully understanding the customer, and failing to drive technical innovation. The usual large company political/social agendas seem to take priority, despite constant discussion about serving the customer and driving innovation. Upper management is not finely honed technically. Efforts to make change at the Individual Contributor (non-management) level tend to fail. This lack of innovation is ultimately reflected by the current revenue status of Microsoft in relation to Google, Apple and others. How to improve the situation? The problem is endemic to management itself, so corrective action needs to occur starting at the very top of the chain. Perhaps in part by injecting highly technically competent leaders into the management chain, found externally, and then empowering them with the authority to implement corrections."

Posted 9 years ago in Redmond, WA

Working at Microsoft in China, ME: 3 Employee Reviews

Senior Account Manager

in China, ME

"I have worked for Microsoft (China) for almost 5 years, I have been a senior account manager when I entered this company and promoted to sales manager in 2011. I won sales award and got success in this great company."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5

Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5

Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Software Developer

in China, ME

"Great and established company with tight risk control."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like working with and learning from excellent people in a very flexible environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Give enough emphasis on people skills, collaboration skills, and delivery capability."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"My family is in the US, but I was in Beijing alone."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest balance of risk, stability and innovation. Risk should be controlled, but over risk-management can increase cost and decrease innovation."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5

Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5

Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

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3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (6,335)

Systems Engineer

in China, ME

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It is Microsoft, and most people want to get in Microsoft."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and answer questions accurately. Make sure that you review your resume before going to interview."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The environment in China is not suitable for me being a foreigner, and culture-wise the office may be different from our Microsoft Headquarters. MACH center is more focused on program management than really a tech center."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management in China has to focus on technical deep dive than engineers managing programs."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5

Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5

Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5