Company: Microsoft
Date: 2008-07-10
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Microsoft is pretty OK to work for
Pros: The people, benefits, salary. There are so many intelligent and hard working individuals at Microsoft, it was a great environment. A lot of opportunity to learn and move around.
Cons: Too big. Too many managers and not enough focus. The whole blue and orange badge thing is pretty weak, too. I worked at Microsoft first as a FTE and then later as a contractor; while the hourly rate was great, it was unfortunate that the positions had a one year expiration date and then they would re-hire you after a three month break- why not just make the person a FTE if you want them to continue to work for you?