Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-06-17
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Producer
Pros: I was working on bleeding edge technology, to experience something completely new was a thrill and made coming into work easy. Surrounded by some of the smartest and talented people I have ever encountered, working with them was a pleasure. The companies focus and goals have improved since joining, I believe their overall outlook is moving in a positive direction.
Cons: Work/Life balance was the pits, I spent many longer than average hours during the weekday and worked many weekends as well. Management is poor; often misleading, keeping information to themselves and playing politics rather than leading. This often lead to little direction, poor planning  and high degree of pivoting on priorities. Little to no consideration regarding design being integral to the process of creating a usable, delightful product.