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Working at Microsoft in New York City, NY: 4 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in New York City, NY Area

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On average, employees in New York City, NY at Microsoft give their company a 3.1 rating out of 5.0 based on 4, 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 City, NY are Microsoft Student Partners submitting an average rating of 4.2 and Global Director of Technologies with a rating of 3.3.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 776 Microsoft Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

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
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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 10 years ago in Redmond, WA

Working at Microsoft in New York City, NY: 4 Employee Reviews

Global Director of Technology
in New York City, NY

"I've worked at Microsoft since early 2013, the company is innovative and has very well established processes. I personally, enjoy more environments where employees are empowered to make decisions rather than follow processes, this was I believe innovation is maximized and employees deliver at their best. I rather provide good context to my teams that enforce control to what they do."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Microsoft Student Partner
in New York City, NY

"I've worked in Microsoft as student partner from April and they give a tool for developer a good thing of Windows Phone and Windows 8."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 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)
Services Executive
in New York City, NY

"Microsoft used to be a great place to work, but the culture is changing for the worse."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It is an industry leader that has decent vision, and is an excellent partner to its customers."

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

"Be prepared for a full day of interviews. You will be asked about your knowledge of Microsoft, as well as the customer base."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like the stack ranking, and the backstabbing, self-serving culture that is being cultivated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get back to encouraging teamwork. The one Microsoft mentality is rapidly slipping away because of the me first culture that is taking root."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Program Manager
in New York City, NY

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"There are good benefits and pay - that's about it, I guess."

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

"Apply yourself and never give up - regardless of how many obstacles get in your way."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"There is not much accountability and responsibility, and people don't really care about anything."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would hold people more accountable, and demand a higher level of work ethic."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5

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