Company: Microsoft
Date: 2016-07-13
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Microsoft Services
Pros: Latest technology, bright people, good compensation, 
Clear definition of goals, correct working conditions, frequently replaced tech gadgets 
Their focus on Azure and Office 360 paid off, they managed to renew the company (minus the Windows Phone business)
Top quality people (+hard worker) have the opportunity to move to Redmond (most of them never return)
Cons: Year over year the local decision making authority was centralized, the local marketing budgets were halved, a thick layer of mid management grew oversized at the regional HQ, focusing on one thing: to stay there while changing jobs in every 18 months to avoid responsibility for their decisions
You are as valuable as your last year's revenue 
Being scorecard driven (on top of revenue and profit driven) - distorts the integrity of people
shared desks and Lync was problematic as a phone.