Company: Microsoft
Date: 2018-11-23
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

The best thing I can say is it is not the worst job I have had or worst company I have worked at.
Pros: A lot of work from home opportunities and access to education even though most of it is selling propaganda unless you are in a highly technical role. Good benefits. Great matching on 401k and charitable contributions. Working with smart people. Saying you work for Microsoft.
Cons: You truly have to enjoy politics to work here. This company is more about popularity than productivity. 

Hierarchical, deep rooted long term relationships and loyalties in teams make it hard for new employees to be successful.

If you think you are here for the exciting technology you are fooling yourself. You must love Powerpoint and Excel to work at Microsoft.  You will spend 90% of your time building and finding decks and spreadsheets unless you are in a developer type role.

Microsoft sales teams are only customer focused when it's renewal or sales time. After the renewal,  if it doesn't make them money they do not care.

Our customers use our technology more than we do. We are just beginning to fully implement Microsoft Teams almost a full year after our customers have struggled with it.  

Our internal systems are awful. Our vast IP is in so many places and so difficult to find you will spend days trying to find a Powerpoint Deck. Trying to find a internal resource is even more difficult. 

Partners still rule and the Services Group is the red headed step child of the organization. Avoid being employed on the Services side of Microsoft if you want a long term career.  Services will never hit their numbers and are considered to be a drain on the organization as a whole. 

The leadership is also lackluster and out of touch. They are so concerned with promoting women, due to a recent lawsuit, they are promoting incapable women in positions they are not qualified for. I am a woman and while I appreciate the change in Microsoft's position on hiring women, they belittle me when they hire women not because they are the best candidate but because the need to make their numbers. More women suffer under their poor leadership than succeed because of a hiring quota percentage.