What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
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Re: What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
#2Similar exit experience. I left to go to graduate school and my skip level (a MS lifer), who was a mentor and a role model for me, with whom I had regular meetings for years, didn't even say goodbye, he pretended he didn't see me while walking past me down the hallways. It was a serious breach of company loyalty in his mind. Ironically a few months later he was out himself working at a different company, as the project we were on was panning out poorly and people started to jump ship. I don't miss it there.
Like the OP said, I'm sure there are plenty of great teams at the company, and you can still have long, fulfilling employment there, but I could never relate to that experience.
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#3Not sure I understand this rant. There is so much water, and no specific examples. Nor does it explain why did she have to work overtime.
I used to work for Microsoft too, and you have to be really narrow-minded to think, that your experience can be extrapolated to a company of 100,000+
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#4I'm not sure what the takeaways are from this article, if anything concrete. It sounds sad and frustrating that some supposed friends inside the company didn't say goodbye when she was let go, but I guess I don't see that as surprising or noteworthy at a large company. Maybe there's a warning sign to not go all-in on a company, but she doesn't sound remorseful for having done it? I hope she finds satisfying and balancing work in the future.
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#5Not sure I understand this rant. There is so much water, and no specific examples. Nor does it explain why did she have to work overtime. I used to work for Microsoft too, and you have to be really narrow-minded to think, that your experience can be extrapolated to a company of 100,000+
She acknowledges that not all teams are the same:
> P.S. I know there are teams at Microsoft that are different (shout out to VS Code engineering team!), but I just wasn’t lucky enough to work at one ;)
Re: What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
#6I'm not sure what the takeaways are from this article, if anything concrete. It sounds sad and frustrating that some supposed friends inside the company didn't say goodbye when she was let go, but I guess I don't see that as surprising or noteworthy at a large company. Maybe there's a warning sign to not go all-in on a company, but she doesn't sound remorseful for having done it? I hope she finds satisfying and balan…
Yes, it is a young person coming to grips with the working world. I still found it interesting, and reminded me of a few events in my career.
Re: What I gained, lost and learned while working for Microsoft
#7I'm not sure what the takeaways are from this article, if anything concrete. It sounds sad and frustrating that some supposed friends inside the company didn't say goodbye when she was let go, but I guess I don't see that as surprising or noteworthy at a large company. Maybe there's a warning sign to not go all-in on a company, but she doesn't sound remorseful for having done it? I hope she finds satisfying and balan…
It's a cautionary tale, don't get too excited and in love with your job or company.
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#8Not sure I understand this rant. There is so much water, and no specific examples. Nor does it explain why did she have to work overtime. I used to work for Microsoft too, and you have to be really narrow-minded to think, that your experience can be extrapolated to a company of 100,000+
She acknowledges that not all teams are the same: > P.S. I know there are teams at Microsoft that are different (shout out to VS Code engineering team!), but I just wasn’t lucky enough to work at one ;)
Well, in my team there were people working long hours, and people not doing that.
And that final remark does not explain the lack of examples.
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#9There are two sides to every story. Perhaps this isn't really a Microsoft story as much as a young professional coming of age story. She may not have seen or experienced things the way her co-workers did. Maybe she rubbed people the wrong way? So many unknowns and not much concrete here. Welcome to real life, it isn't Utopia.
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