Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-01-05
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Dull. Duller. Dullest
Pros: Extensive flexible benefits package - which HR heavily labour in their effort to persuade you their total salary packages are 'competitive'

Microsoft does plan for the long term and it will align huge resources to win strategic markets. Xbox is a Microsoft at it's best

You get to meet and work with bright people, great business partners and network across an Industry

On Site Starbucks

Get to use the latest technology first
Cons: Power base is in Redmond

UK jobs, even senior leadership roles net down to being glorified shop keeper roles - count the SKU's each month, make sure you fill the scorecard in the right shade of green and send lots of smiley face emails less you be accused of being too forthright

Has become very difficult to seperate out those that count numbers...from those bringing them in. Ratio of people that 'review' versus those that hold themselves accountable for 'doing' is way out of alignment

No accountablity for failure. People tend to get promoted to Redmond. Out of harms way

No invitation to debate or question the organisation, Questions that include why or what are simply not invited

All answers are in the Playbook

A culture that has become twisted, inward and unhealthy. It has lost an ability to respect candour, argue, debate or challenge at all but the very highest level