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Working at Microsoft in San Jose, CA: 4 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in San Jose, CA Area

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On average, employees in San Jose, CA at Microsoft give their company a 3.0 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 San Jose, CA are Design Validation Engineers submitting an average rating of 4.9 and Technical Engineers with a rating of 4.3.

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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 San Jose, CA: 4 Employee Reviews

Design Validation Engineer
in San Jose, CA

"I worked for 13 yrs. in Nokia. Company was sold to Microsoft and the company reorganized and laid off people from San Diego."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Technical Engineer
in San Jose, CA

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the great working environment and support group. The hours are great."

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

"Just be yourself and be straightforward of your skills level."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was a contract position, and there were no permanent full-time positions available."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have more permanent positions to enhance loyalty to the company."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 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)
Engineering Consultant
in San Jose, CA

"It was good."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was good but brief since it was a contractor role."

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

"Be flexible to work different late shifts and at unmarked data warehouse locations."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was fine, but the hours were a bit late for night shift."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would prefer to work during the day and not at night."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Microsoft Employee
in San Jose, CA

"Hard work bright future at MS."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the challenges and working with new technologies."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I dislike the politics and the performance review system."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get people who don't mind getting their hands dirty in the management, instead of those who only know how to point fingers and talk their way out of things."

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