Company: Microsoft
Date: 2016-02-18
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

The Microsoft Bubble is Great
Pros: I greatly enjoyed my time at Microsoft and found it's a place where employees are highly empowered and can still make a difference if they are willing to take ownership and drive change. Satya has brought about a much more modern and open Microsoft than in previous years - fast deployment and standard service practices are the norm nowadays.  The connection with opensource and other industry technologies is very refreshing and creates a lot of opportunity that was not there before.

- Executive leadership willing to change course when necessary
- Azure as a platform is reaching critical mass
- Fast, modern services culture is becoming universal across the company
Cons: - Microsoft is still a bubble (as are many larger corporate environments)
- Relevancy of Microsoft in the marketplace is less now than ten years ago
- Due to many strategic initiatives, there can be a corporate tax for cross support from around the company.