Company: Microsoft
Date: 2017-04-04
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Somewhat better than most
Pros: Amazing benefits and health packages
Partner discounts
Travel for work. Training now often in the main campus in Redmond. 
Meet real influences to the consumer products channel
Insanely good tuition reimbursement - so long as you are in an approved field
Flexible retail schedule 
Paid time off accumulates very quickly
Quarterly bonus paid based off store performance
Cons: Sales role not commission based
Low pay for area,  it is not matching to competitors or the standards employees are held to
Absolute pittance of a yearly raise, does not keep with COL increases in most retail roles
Quarterly bonus can be jeopardized based off other department's performance
It's retail, yet treated as though it is a corporate role
Sales expected to triage for techs with none of the protections or rewards offered to techs
Detached and uncaring store management
Never enough staff, yet refuse to promote/hire to fill gaps
Will outright announce how there are no plans/availability for upward mobility within the location.