Company: Microsoft
Date: 2019-02-28
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Great...for the right people
Pros: Benefits are excellent. Pretty much unlimited access to training and technology exposure...
Cons: As a PFE, you will be required to maintain utilization minimums, the same as a consultant would be. Stay billable or you lose. This creates false urgency and stress, as well as terrible work/life balance. 

Microsoft doesn't tell you in the interviews, but they want you to be a workshop trainer...providing actual support or "fixing things" is an afterthought and frowned upon, as that's not where the money is. MS should change the job title to "Technical Trainer" and get over with it.