Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-10-24
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Internal civil war at the highest levels
Pros: Leverage and scale to really impact the world
Mostly smart, talented people
Fairly progressive employer
Former healthcare plan was top-notch
Cons: Review time ("calibration") stack ranking is very political and brutal—working on a talented team will torque your personal reviews
Massive civil war at the highest levels caused massive waste and failed missions.
Innovator's Dilemma with Windows causes a lot of issues for innovation and new products