Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-08-14
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Not what it was...and will get worse... needs help to improve
Pros: Good working conditions, cafes, restaurants.   People try to do their best, are pleasant and mainly decent.  Some great technical and sales people but they are hard to find.  Great place to work for 3 years ... then  get out and get out fast.
All that said it's not a basket case, Microsoft in the UK will be a great place to work, just going to take some time to sort out the current situation, if you think you can help us turn round the cons then this might be the place for you.
Cons: Scorecard mentality, Senior Exec don't seem to be able to get it right most of the time, good talk but no walk.   Too political for most, no sales culture worth speaking of, too many people doing non jobs, rewards are mixed, not enough difference to reward the high performers to stay.  Too many of the good ones leaving right now.