I was contacted by a recruiter regarding Microsoft hiring event by these teams -Cloud & Enterprise (Identity Team) -Windows & Devices Group (Core or Next team) -Azure (Infrastructure Management) -Artificial Intelligence & Research Could anyone provide some information on the following teams? I am looking for pointers on type of work, work life balance, pay diff (if any). Any information will help. Thanks
air and azure yes. identity=yawn, Windows=1990s are over
Lol stay away from Microsoft. Full of retards!
Like the guy above
Is hiring event in Bay Area? Are positions in Bay Area?
The event is in seattle
Much better pay elsewhere
Currently, making 125k in bay area, 160k total 3 yrs exp + 1 yr internship. interviewing at Facebook, Amazon, LinkedIn, Qualtrics, Visa next week
Again, not necessarily true. I have 4 years experience. New hire at Microsoft (bay area ). Getting paid : 150k base + 140k stocks (over 5 years ) + 50k sign on + 10-15% bonus
Azure has the worst work life balance.
How bad ? Intuit has a real good wrk life balance, i am interviewing at other companies too
As bad as Amazon AWS
I would suggest castration over working in WDG core if you are under 40 years in age.
^^This. The senior leadership is from Windows Phone. Enough said.
It's true, I worked there in 07, and again in 2015, and the same toxic heads rolling under the bus mentality still existed I hope things are changing but that's hard to do when the same people are still in charge and are allowed to propagate their negative way of being.
Low pay, work sucks, on call every 2 months
On call every month in some AI groups
Why do u have a cheap-ass lazy recruiter that pushes u to job fairs instead of getting u the direct interviews?
I think you need to ask yourself what work you want to do. All of those groups, like every other company have their pros and cons. AI does seem the coolest. However for all the folks who hate on whatever division the are in. Do some work to make it better. Don't just bitch and moan. I've found the complaining to become a very common trend among folks.
It's common. Nothing you can do about it. π
In terms of coolness , AIR > Azure > CEP > WDG
This
that doesn't get close to how bad WDG is, stay far from it!