Company: Microsoft
Date: 2018-01-03
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

A giant that is shifting its focus (for the better)
Pros: You often hear culture eats strategy for breakfast and Satya has got the company embracing that notion.  Our strategies seem to be more intentionally connected (or try to be connected to core values and mission ("empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more").  I see us undergoing a real transformation in what we value that is more in alignment with my own values (charity, empathy, esteem, respect, humility, learning).  Hubris is much less welcome here.
Cons: While I see us shifting our center, our policies, practices, systems, etc are lagging.  Our cultural/moral/values compass has clearly shifted, and strategies are in place to drive a more customer-centric approach (and many complexities beneath that).  Meanwhile many of the systems, tools, programs, policies, etc are playing catch up.  We're undergoing massive organizational change for a company this size as well.  So as a "cog" in this machine, it's sometimes not so good in the short run, and I feel there's some casualty losses along the way.