Working at Microsoft in New York, NY: 6 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in New York, NY Area

Item: Microsoft
Rating: 3.9
Author: Educational Consultant

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On average, employees in New York, NY at Microsoft give their company a 1.3 rating out of 5.0 based on 6, whereas overall Average Rating of Microsoft is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 993 Microsoft Review Ratings. The happiest Microsoft employees in New York, NY are Educational Consultants submitting an average rating of 3.9 and Senior Vendor Account Managers with a rating of 3.8.

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Company Culture

4.0

Growth Opportunities

3.5

People You Work With

4.3

Person You Work For

4.1

Rewards You Receive

3.9

Support You Get

4.2

Way You Work

4.1

Work Setting

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 New York, NY: 6 Employee Reviews

Senior Vendor Account Manager

in New York, NY

Person You Work For 4.1 / 5 People You Work With 4.1 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5

Support You Get 4.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.1 / 5

Company Culture 3.4 / 5 Way You Work 3.1 / 5

Educational Consultant

in New York, NY

Person You Work For 4.3 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 3.6 / 5

Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.6 / 5

Company Culture 3.2 / 5 Way You Work 4.2 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.0

Microsoft (993)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is N2 Publishing (26)

1.9 Lowest Rated in this Industry is CareCore National (10)

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

Corporate Account Representative

in New York, NY

"Married to Microsoft."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the chance to create financial independence, and to use your mind and get ahead."

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

"Microsoft is many companies, depending on geography and line of business."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"At times hard work and innovation were not rewarded."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure your managers are promoted because of capability and talent, not politics."

Technical Analyst

in New York, NY

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the training. It is a good place."

Technical Account Manager

in New York, NY

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the good benefits and good career opportunities if you are in the correct roles/business groups."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"Management is very cold and robotic. There is a lot of favoritism and discrimination between the 10+ year veterans and the newer employees. It is overly competitive, and common sense is lacking."

Senior Sales Executive

in New York, NY

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the great technology and huge brand with many resources."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I didn't like not being allowed to sell directly to the customer. It was channel focused so the job entailed partner management vs. sales."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They acquired my previous company, a dynamic SaaS company. They need to be more nimble to be competitive."