Company: Microsoft
Date: 2012-11-13
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Microsoft Consulting Services - worst job in my career
Pros: -Great peer group to work with
-Compensation is fair
Cons: -Terrible review system.  You may get a "5" because of circumstances and not because you did a poor job.  A "5" can expect to be out the door in a few months.
-Will not address root cause of problems.  Projects grouped into a program were having trouble being successful.  Instead of looking at the bad decisions and poor support from the program office, blame fell 100% on the individual project managers.
-Need to spend time on "think teams" which generally do not add anything to work life.  Most people in Consulting Services participate in think teams because it is part of their commitments even though they realize it is wasted time.
-Professional Development Managers, in general, do not know how to manage or help their charges be successful. 
-Project Managers are either working 70 hours/week and burning out or less than half-time and not making their billable quota.  Project Managers have little to no control over getting work, yet their bonus and review depend greatly on that utilization number.