Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-04-28
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Sycophant City
Pros: Lots of smart folks to work with
Nice brand to be associated with
Great health benefits
Cons: Very poor career growth path outside of Redmond.   Competitive review process pits employees vs each other in an orgy of self glorification and "visibility" seeking activities.  Mid-level management is spotty.  If you enjoy sycophancy and making your boss look like a rock star, than you will go far.  For those more interested in the magic of software and in serving customer needs, you can expect to plod along into oblivion...