Is Microsoft turning into Amazon?

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rLeI77

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rLeI77
Sep 26, 2021 33 Comments

On Blind, everyone talks about how bad Amazon is in terms of culture and WLB. That needs no introduction.

However, been following a few posts on Blind pertaining to Microsoft as well, reading a lot of the same info that people on Blind put down Amazon for. Overbearing managers, Bad WLB, Not good culture.

Is this true? Microsoft slowly turning into Amazon?

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  • Microsoft invented URA and pip. This was notorious during the Balmer years.

    Satya stopped it.
    Sep 26, 2021 3
  • Azure has Bad wlb but no pip
    Sep 26, 2021 3
  • Only few orgs in Microsoft are known for bad wlb, azure being one of them. I believe most of the company is still very much wlb and employee experience focused.
    Sep 26, 2021 2
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  • Apple
    yt738ha

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    WLB is great for old timers who have been working at legacy products such as Visual Studio, Windows, Office or Research division. Internal service is similar, it used to be called MSIT. Some business and marketing dept also hire engineers and they are also cushy. It depends on what kind of service it is. Does it require 24/7 support?

    You can imagine Azure is the busiest. Any infra that support such services will be busy. For instance, Office has excellent WLB but their 365 server side won’t. Bing org used to be one of the worst but they give you fastest promotion and better career opportunities outside MSFT. Some Azure teams gave great career especially Azure Storage or Cosmos DB.

    Worst WLB is just launched popular products. They are half baked but used by many users. The first 3-5 years will be the toughest.
    Sep 26, 2021 1