Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-11-09
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

Awesome company to work for
Pros: The benefits are amazing!

401K matching up to 6% with a max of $9,000 which is immediately vested.

Paternity leave is 3 month's, mothers & fathers!

HSA: Microsoft deposits $2350 (if you have a family) into your HSA annually on top of what you can add yourself, max is $4300+.
FSA for dental and Vision
FSA for Dependent care
Great dental and vision plan
Employee/Spouse/Dependent life insurance
AD&D insurance
Critical Care Insurance for employee/spouse/dependent 
Employee stock purchase plan at a 10% discount.
Group legal subscription

"Stay Fit" program: They'll pay your health club subscription or give up to $800 annually to spend on any sport appliance/service you want or $250 gift card if you just want to stay fat :)

Stock bonuses are vested over 5 years, 10% per 6 month's.

8% Shift differential pay for odd hours.

And ton's more.
Cons: I love this company, always have and always will. We're moving in the right direction but we need to stop dropping the ball on certain things. I.e. companies beating us to the punch.

Microsoft can be a great company depending on who your manager is. Some are great some are a completely failure. In that case get your foot in the door and shift elsewhere or hope for the best; the manager will move elsewhere.