Company: Microsoft
Date: 2014-09-26
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Culture has changed
Pros: Compensation, benefits.  Ability to learn from talented co-workers.   Collaborative environment within smaller teams.
Cons: Huge shift in culture past few years.   Politics has become increasingly important despite the new reward system.   A lot of the true leaders who understood different disciplines have left the company - now leadership is very insular and subject matter experts in only their own field (R&D, Mkt, etc.) vs taking a broader view.   Many employees now see it as a paycheck vs something that they will put forth the extra effort for - given layoffs, politics, review system (which has changed), and lack of mobility compared to prior years.