Company: Microsoft
Date: 2012-08-25
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Mostly good with some drawbacks
Pros: Progressive company- great colleagues and exciting atmosphere. Many possibilities if you are highly regarded and have a sympathetic boss.
Cons: Email culture is crazy. Get the wrong boss and you are in deep trouble. Occasionally can be a bit of a cult. The use of email is also a little crazy- people continue to do it in meetings which negatively affects quality of discussion. There is also an unspoken expectation that you are on line all the time- not great for work and life balance