Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-09-04
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Mostly good - Would be even better in Redmond
Pros: - excellent top management + very compelling and promising strategy

- Flexible working arrangements. Expectations are high, but (depending on the organization) you have a lot of flexibility when and where to work

- Good pay and benefits. Stock awards are lucrative (yearly award - vests 10% every 6 months) if you are ready for / capable of long term employment

- Long haul travel can in many cases be done in business class
Cons: - Redmond / US centric. Core product work is mostly done in Redmond. 
- Very cumbersome and time consuming purchasing process. Hurts day to day job execution