MicroStrategy Software Engineer reviews

2.0

11% would recommend to a friend

(106 total reviews)
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Phong Le

18% approve of CEO

9% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated MicroStrategy with 2.0 out of 5 stars, based on 106 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a poor working experience there. MicroStrategy is rated 48% below average by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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106 reviews
2.0
May 2, 2017
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Pros

The people are truly the best part about the company and are the only reason I convinced myself to stay there as long as I did. I had a great team surrounding me, but the upper management made things impossible to change for the better.

Cons

MicroStrategy is and will always be a company dictated by poor leadership. The new CTO is a prime example of a disastrous leader and should not have been named CTO in the first place. MicroStrategy used to be filled with the top technology talent and recently most of them have ran out the door because of the CTO. You will never find him engaging with the technology teams on their floors, but rather sitting away locked in his office having meeting after meeting on how to fix things. The recruiting team tries to promise all of the college students a great place to come work and how great of an opportunity it is, but in reality you will be stuck in a cube and become just a number. College students beware of coming to work here. The CTO has no plan for you and everything is very disorganized. They promise you a rotational program, yet the new hires never get the chance to rotate. Your manager will probably change every few months, as the only people that stick around MicroStrategy are the ones that have been there forever and have the "in" with the CTO. If you don't mind a place where you have to suck up to the upper management and do as they say, then maybe this is the place for you. As a recent college grad, I was hoping to walk into a young, hip and fun office space. MicroStrategy is the farthest thing from that and you would never know they were technology company walking into the office. The walls are bare, there are cubicles everywhere, an an Usher system that goes offline everyday and as a programmer this office space is your worst nightmare. Just walk across the street to Capital Ones office to see what I am talking about.

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MicroStrategy Response
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We are sorry to hear of your experience and we appreciate you taking the time to communicate this feedback. MicroStrategy is an agile company and as with most companies in the software space, changes occur. Thank you for starting your career with us and we wish you luck in your future.
1.0
Apr 19, 2017

Undock the yacht

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Pros

Nice building, nice gym, covered parking, additional words to get to 20. Nice walk to the mall to get those daily steps in.

Cons

Just about everything else. No need to repeat previous posts. CEO drives all aspects of the business since he "docked the yacht".

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MicroStrategy Response
9y
Thank you for your review.
1.0
Dec 12, 2016

Going down

Recommend
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Pros

None. It seems like they have now hired friends of friends in upper management!

Cons

-No training, they use lynda.com, which has absolutely no value, -Implemented silly training videos for internal staff to watch and then take exams on, like how to be a normal person video! -You need to have a few key friends in mgmt that will be able to help you in your career otherwise forget it you are not going anywhere.!

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