I've worked in both companies in non-tech and want to know if my experience can be generalized to explain the both companies culture. What's your experience?
Amazon:
If you're smart and willing to work long hours you get promoted.
If you're dumb, your idea get ignored and more likely get piped.
You get compensated pretty good (in stock) if you perform well. Pay bump on promotion is worth.
You gotta know how to fight with other people or you can't survive. - it's more like a real version of Survive.
Microsoft:
Promotion isn't based on performance only. If you stick with the company for a while and know how to deal with politics (eat your manager's ass) you get promoted regardless.
TC increase for promotion is a joke. You get around/or sometimes < $10k increase for the promotion.
Even if you're dumb, your manager would still support your idea and they will never say bad things if front of you but in the back. This created a ton of mess in almost all workstreams. Your manager isn't likely providing you the honest feedback.
They want to be acting like one of FAANG but the people are so old mindset. Their culture and bureaucracy will never make MS to be as efficient as other tech giants.
The diversity is a joke - this shouldn't mean for one ethnicity.
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PIP will eat you even if you work hard or top perform.
One reorg will put you under new manager and you could end upFired!
Reorg happen regularly!