MicroStrategy reviews

2.9

36% would recommend to a friend

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Phong Le

29% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 26, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Saylor is a visionary and has led the company into new, profitable, exciting ventures long before the competition. This creates buzz and excitement throughout the company, as many people are truly inspired by his "all or nothing" mentality - consulting projects can be very challenging and rewarding for personal growth - middle management is largely supportive of consultants and eager to help when and where they can (unfortunately they are not given a lot of power or authority)

Cons

- pay and benefits are uncompetitive (as everyone else will tell you) - turnover among field employees is very high, as realization of how the business is managed sets in - division leadership is disconnected from workforce - leadership comes from outside and often does not have any experience with the product - consultants are often on islands (little or no contact with other consultants, management, or operations) - non-HQ employees do not get any fringe benefits - climbing the ladder is nearly impossible (many long-term employees have jumped to and from the company in order to move up) - company does not care about high attrition, as they believe all employees can be replaced

3.0
Jul 5, 2012

Good place to start, but leave after 2 years

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- For the most part, nice helpful people - Solid product and technology - Good place to start a career in BI or BIGDATA

Cons

- Very low glass ceiling - Performance is only rewarded with additional responsibilities - not extra pay and promotion - Sales Engineering Management is a complete and utter joke. - People who rise up through the ranks internally are often royally screwed, as their payrate is nowhere close to those with similar titles/responsibilities who come in from the outside - Ventures into areas with questionable short or long term financial return *cough* *social media* *cough* eat up expenses to the point where many people had to be laid off

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