Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-09-14
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Fast pace and slow strategy
Pros: Very smart people
International career opportunities
Fantastic benefits
Very solid company values
Diversity is emphasized
Cons: Can be very political
Analysis paralysis - decision making is sometimes slow and risk adverse
Review system is archaic and can lead to counterproductive behavior
Genuine cross-teamwork is hard to find
Overall, it feels very much like a large and slow corporation, although there are pockets of agility and nimble product development, go to market and sales approaches