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re: Ian’s top eight things about working at Microsoft

Scott Galloway — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:04:32 GMT

Ian, as someone else who's just started (I'm only 4 days in) I can already seen there's a ton of positives about working here - but I can also see that it isn't for everyone. But the same can be said about all jobs - lots of the comments about how *bad* it is seem to be from people who live in the past, fact is I didn't join 1995 Microsoft, I joined 2005 Microsoft, pay levels are competitive with the rest of the industry, conditions are FAR better (I came from a small ISV - whole world of difference). Will I make my millions and live the rest of my days on my private island with a myriad dusky maidens...nope! Will I get a challenging interesting job with at least a chance of working on the types of projects which actually interest me - no doubt. Fact is that here you have to be a self-motivated typem if you try and cruise you'll fall on your ass.

re: Ian’s top eight things about working at Microsoft

Bob Tabor — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:29:18 GMT

There are two old expressions that might be applicable here ...

"Out of the frying pan and into the fire"

&

"Which is worse? The devil you know, or the devil you don't?"

I've never worked at Microsoft, but I look at some of the negative comments from ex-employees (or people who are currently not enjoying their tenure at the company) and the comments you made remind me of EVERY COMMENT I EVER MADE AT EVERY OTHER COMPANY I HATED WORKING AT. Leaving Microsoft (or any company for that matter) doesn't necessarily make all those problems go away. Yeah, working for other people sucks some times and it has a lot to do with the group you're in and who you report to. From an outsider's perspective, I see a lot of internal movement at Microsoft, so it seems that if you don't like your current group you could probably find a whole other job and not have to go through the hassle of changing insurers.

I work for myself now, and *sometimes* that sucks, too. So there are no "perfect" solutions. Just "good enough". :)

I think its great that someone actually *likes* his job. There are a lot of people who are envious of your job and the cool products you're working on ... like me.

re: Ian’s top eight things about working at Microsoft

ex-softie, 5-10 yrs here — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 04:03:42 GMT

That's cute kid.

When you're young enthusiastic and idealistic you don't really ask yourself questions like:

Why is our stock flatlining to 1998 levels?

Why do we live and die by the outmoded bell curve?

Why is there so much interteam feature duplication?

Why are so many good performers given 3.5s just so their manager doesn't lose talent?

Why is there so much middle management in the first place?

Why have we lost so much cash in failed ventures which haven't been turned around in years?

Why are we so hated generally?

You might think I'm whining but if you're here for another few years then you might start getting a more balanced picture.

Anyway, enjoy the honeymoon years, mine were awesome too :-)