Good for entry. Don't ever think about staying - Operations Engineer MicroStrategy Employee Review

2.0
Jan 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

They tend hire people with little commercial expirience so it's easier to start career here and learn thing or two :). WLB very very good here, no cruch. Working overtime is very very rare and ususally happens because you want to finish something or very rarely you are asked to attend some call that is 30m-60m out of the working hours. For a starter decent pay but it does not really increase (even for 3+ years employees) so run away as soon as you can land better job.

Cons

It's a good job to start but if you are at least a little smart, technologically savvy and you aim at something more ambitious in your future career don't ever think about staying here longer than 1-1.5 years because no other thing as stagnation and long term frustration awaits you. Stagnation and cost cutting + layoffs. No promotions and pay rise for long time. Legacy and strange tech - Learning stack that other employees value is a bit tricky here sometimes.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

Outcome-driven. Room to grow. No micromanaging.

Cons

Startup culture. High turnover & layoffs

3.0
Jun 14, 2026
Recommend
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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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