Company: Microsoft
Date: 2017-10-09
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Director Business Management
Pros: Great benefits, and compensation package, flexibility to Work from home, bright and driven co-workers, company culture is shifting to allow for more trial and growth ideas vs. sure thing, feel privileged to be part of broader organizational goals.
Cons: Highly bureaucratic and political, no clear path for advancement or promotions within team or cross-organizational--you are on your own to sell yourself and skills to other teams.  Little on the job training is offered, assumption is everyone will avail themselves of online tools which are often dated and/or circular--i.e. websites pointing to each other w/ no information on either.  Outside of sales teams, bonus allotments are random and seem untied to work despite assurances that it is all taken into consideration.  your bonus depends on how well or poorly your "peer pool" performed.  If they didn't do as well, you will get more, if you all perform well, the money is peanut buttered across.  Hardly incentive to help co-workers perform, despite cross-group collaboration goals.