Biggest Mistake of My Life - Legal Department MicroStrategy Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2020
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Pros

Smart co-workers who are fun to hang out with when you can.

Cons

I had no idea that it was possible to micromanage people as vehemently as managers do at MicroStrategy. MicroStrategy has the most inefficient reporting structure imaginable. All decisions are made by the CEO or President. Everyone else in the company (including the CXOs) runs around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to anticipate what is in the CEO’s mind. Everyone’s anxiety level is at an 11 at all times. The senior leaders take their stress out on those below them and unscrupulously throw their subordinates under the bus to save their own behinds. I have sat in meeting after meeting watching VPs and CXOs blame others for their mistakes to save their own jobs and then later lie to their subordinates about it. It is disgusting, but everyone knows it happens all the time and have just accepted it is part of the job. As a result, 90% of your job is writing CYA documentation. But it is really useless to do so. If something goes wrong in the CEOs’ eyes (whether it is a mistake or not) , the executive team will find a scapegoat—they always do no matter how much you document things. People don’t care about each other here. Everyone is miserable. Everyone! Those who don’t admit their misery are phonies and liars. Don’t trust them. They are the ones talking bad about you to executives behind your back to try to make themselves look better. If you take a job here, it must be because you are desperate. Word to the wise -- if you start working here, take the paycheck but don’t stop your job search.

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MicroStrategy Response
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We appreciate everyone’s view point. Like many companies during COVID-19, MicroStrategy has been conducting an interval review of how we work and support our employees. As a result, we have recently announced a new flexible work policy that will allow employees to work from home four days of the week when we more broadly and safely open our office locations in 2021. In addition, we are providing an annual stipend to cover some of the costs employees acquire while working from home. This new flexible work environment is providing us the opportunity to reinvent the experience of working at MicroStrategy and continue to encourage creativity, agility and empowering our employees. Our executive leaders support these changes and trust employees to do their work whenever and wherever it allows them to be most productive and support their work/life balance. While this culture shift will take time, training and adjustments along the way, we are excited about this change. Employees have already shared positive feedback from a recent survey and have been happy with the direction of the business and the support MicroStrategy has provided during this time.

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