Want to go far? Don't start as ICE - Inventory Control Expert Microsoft Employee Review

1.0
12 Sept 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits You get a much more lax feeling from those in Redmond-based divisions, creating that One Microsoft feel Loads of resources like LinkedIn Learning for personal development

Cons

Management in Retail isn't like in Corporate, cannot escalate to skip or elsewhere or you get in trouble Schedule is flexible, but not much unless you're a PA or SVA as there are more of them throughout Retail Might only be two or three of you at most, so management isn't looking to move you elsewhere Hard to move elsewhere in the store Sometimes management doesn't appreciate what your role does for the store Your coworkers might not understand how much work your job entails and might treat you with disrespect Pay raises are yearly negative or positive aligned with everyone else in the store. If a lot of people get a higher raise, you're probably getting less

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5.0
30 June 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Love it you are surrounded with smart people and complex problem to solve

Cons

Lots of new features and roll outs happening hard to keep pace

4.0
28 Jan 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. If you love tech, this is a great place. No doubt you'll talk tech (mostly the MSFT stack) from enterprise to consumer - from PCs to phones to Xboxes - from datacenter to desktop. 2. What were GREAT benefits are now VERY GOOD (took a small step down) but still probably better than you'll find at 99% of large corporations. If you've got family - the value of the benefits is even higher. 401k match is nice. 3. Even with it's struggles MSFT is still a cash printing machine. This means if you can keep your nose clean and do reasonable work, you can have a stable job, pay your bills, feed your family, and not worry (too much) about layoffs. The stock you own likely won't tank, but probably won't go up much either. You'll get a bonus each year and some stock. It's a decent life if you aren't looking to light the world on fire.

Cons

Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies. Managing Your Career: Make you say this out loud so it registers - 90,000 employees work there. Double that for vendors. It is VERY hard to "stand out" and move up in the company. Don't expect your manager to be much of an advocate or enabler to help you meet your career goals - they are basically trying to survive the stack rank every year too. Not familiar with the stack rank? Check out the 2012 Vanity Fair article called "Microsoft's Lost Decade".

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