Company: Microsoft
Date: 2018-01-29
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Premier Field Engineer
Pros: You get to work with the smartest people in IT. Constant on the job learning makes the role fresh and interesting.
Cons: Work life balance is horrendous. Low-level/mid-level management is poor. Certain company decisions seem at odds with the big picture of where Microsoft is going. Pay is poor when contrasted with work-life balance. You compete against some individuals in the stack rank system who are clearly gaming the system and not actually producing.  Minimal ability to grow professionally. Most PFE's are permanently stuck in the role. The only real option for most PFE's is to leave the company and secure new roles elsewhere and then possibly return to Microsoft later.