Company: Microsoft
Date: 2014-02-19
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Good company with opportunities but crippling culture and cut throat performance system
Pros: At this branch office: pay is great relative to peer companies in the area; employees are very intelligent; and site is driven by strong engineering-focused management team.

Overall, great place to launch a career, but move out quickly or you will find your industry relevant skills diminish.
Cons: At this branch office: very limited opportunities, highly cut throat competition, and insanely poor work\life balance.  Jobs are limited to only 1 team at this office.