Not A Place For Longterm Career Growth - Software Engineer MicroStrategy Employee Review

3.0
6 Feb 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- People were good co-workers. No bro-grammers - Depending on the team, good work life balance. Many strict 9-5ers who have young children. - In building gym with quality free fitness classes (they turn off the AC after 6 p.m. so don't work out late in the summer!) - Fantastic new lounge

Cons

- No investment in software engineers to keep their skills current. - Management is a mess - Salaries are kept low for everybody because the software engineers who rely on the company to eventually get a green card (of which there are many) are incredibly underpaid for their experience level. Bad raises.

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MicroStrategy Response
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Thanks for the review. I want to note that we currently have an opening for a Training resource in our Technology department. The role of that resource is to focus on the ongoing development of our Tech employees as I would agree, we have traditionally not done enough to keep skills current and help people progress in their careers. This year, we are seeing some change even without that position. Our Tech team is just wrapping up a month that has featured three "Technology Kick Off Events" and as we bring on more resources to focus on talent development in technology, I expect our career and manager development programs will significantly improve.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
14 Jun 2026
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Pros

You will learn ALOT here and if you can stomach the culture you can get promoted quickly or move teams with little friction. Above market rate benefits that start Day 1 Generally speaking good camaraderie amongst the worker ranks I’ve held multiple roles and have appreciated the opportunities to travel internationally which was life changing The product has a little bit of a learning curve but it genuinely is something special once it’s up and running I felt that towards the end of my tenure my pay was exemplary although I really had to earn it

Cons

Wowwwww where to begin… Well it’s a top down organisation but also a market laggard. Given our position relative to our competitors this regime of leadership is responsible for missing the moment in Cloud, BI and AI. Middle management and upper management alike don’t have a clue and it’s definitely a soap opera of leadership and empire or cult building. Not a great feeling of purpose when everything you do internally as well as with customers is overshadowed by Bitcoin. Dwindling customer base. We’re really only making money by replacing ironically technologies older than us (Cognos,BOBJ) or moving existing customers to our managed cloud The community is totally dead especially internationally. Minimal on the ground experts at strategy and a very loose and underfunded partner program Product conceptually is great but struggles to differentiate from hyperscalers and modern cloud data platforms on value. Leadership can definitely get a little preachy touting merits or metrics that are pretty vain in the big picture Specifically in the last 3 years gaslighting has been the norm for management. Everything here feels performative and doing your best to do your work without upstaging or upsetting your manager. The RSU distribution definitely feels like serfdom. The employees at the bottom get a single digit or if you’re a heretic you get double digit number of RSUs, but it definitely does not seem fair that the benefits of the Bitcoin strategy rolled to the top, at least when the asset is up

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