Company: Microsoft
Date: 2014-10-21
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Everything is about politics
Pros: Microsoft has a great benefit package, the salary is above market and it is located in a beautiful campus in Redmond.  One of the best perks are the paternity leave, the awesome gym, and the connector system.

The salary packages are very attractive since you will get a nice base salary but also you will get bonus and stocks.
Cons: When I joined Microsoft, I was the happier person in the world but that vanished really fast, the company behaves like an Italian family where you need to find a godfather to get recognition, otherwise no matter how hard you try or well connected you are with you peers and skip level you won't go any higher.  It is very frustrating to see over an over how people that are not doing their job right, people that do not have people skills, and people that are just not prepared get promotions not deserved.  If you are a big brown nosed, this might be the right place to you.