Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-11-07
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Sorry Microsoft - crummy place to work
Pros: Azure and Office 365 - cool tech with a growing customer base.
Cons: Sorry Microsoft - but nothing has changed since I Ieft. In fact, given the horror stories I hear when I meet with colleagues still working there - the forced ranking is still there: zero bonuses even when goals are exceeded. No tolerance for employees that want to take career risks and try new areas for growth: if the fit turns out to be a poor fit - you are labeled "no internal moves" and you time at MS is over. Last, there is a strong tendency for Indians to hire Indians - look at some of the teams - is there really such a sad lack of diverse folk that could be hired into each team?