Company: Microsoft
Date: 2014-07-25
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Amazing place to work
Pros: A leading company. Great place to work, work/life balance not easy to achieve but doable. In my case most of the managers I had /met walk what they say. As you start achieving your goals, career opportunities open up.
You can achieve bold goals, have real impact. You will usually get the recognition to your contributions. Solid values and policies to foster a great working environment and company reputation.
Cons: Sometimes the "not invented here" syndrome shows up. The culture sometimes make people stay in the comfort zone doing things in the way they've been doing for years rejecting ideas/comments/assessments from people that bring other experiences. Hopefully the new CEO will start changing this.
Salaries are not the best in town. 
The scorecard culture needs improvement to allow mid term strategies and avoid arriving late to most of the parties.