Company: Microsoft
Date: 2014-02-18
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Lost Decade-great to learn how not to run a company and subsidiary
Pros: Some extremely smart people and some intersting roles to tackle. Varied and diversified product set.
Cons: Reward system has killed innovation and left a lot of people disillusioned.
Promotions are confusing at best when the best local people continue to be overlooked in favor of people from any country but Canada. Customers are very vocal about the lack of continuity and relationships as well as the lack of knowledge about the Canadian market in general. The Canadian sub is seen as a pasture vs. what it used to be as a stepping stone. Not a place for real technology sellers. The culture in Canada specifically has been toxic for so long that I don't think anyone is capable of leading out from underneath this. The managers who have stayed at too risk averse to leave and like the safety of $200-$300K/year without having to do a lot or have much in the way of real accountability. Safe doesn't equate to innovation or people development or top compensation or a meaningful stock price that is sustainable.