Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-05-07
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

The Fall of Rome
Pros: Great benefits, stability, stock awards that are always worth something.
Cons: Collapsing under its own weight. Giant orgs with design by committee leading to mediocre products.  The malaise and decay is obvious in every hallway and every meeting - and there are hundreds of meetings. MS will keep going another 10 years from the two cash cows but there isn't anything else driving profits (same story for last 15 years). Question is how long does it take for a supertanker to stop - that's how long MS has left. Between Google, Apple, Nintendo and Amazon the writing is on the wall for MS - the emperor has no clothes and the mountains of cash from Office and Windows can only hide the pitiful execution for so long.