Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-07-22
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Excellent place to work at!!
Pros: - Company really invests in you! The quantity and quality of courses available really allows anyone to grow and improve their understanding. 
- Lots of people who help you succeed! I was lucky to have an amazing mentor and a fantastic manager.
- If you get bored with one problem, you can always move on to something else that is equally interesting. Microsoft really offers a wide variety of problems to work on (from games to enterprise software to search to mobile phones to operating systems to ...)
Cons: - People are really competitive here. If you are in a team of more senior people, then you don't have to worry much but if you are in a team with more junior people (i.e. ones who are closer to your level), then it can get messy really quick as everyone is trying to proof how their contributions matter the most.
- Frequent reorgs and changes in strategy. If you are one of those people who can switch directions fast, then you can thrive over here. However if you are one of those people who get really attached to your work, then the reorgs will have a toll on you.