Company: Microsoft
Date: 2016-02-11
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Let Go in a Reorganization
Pros: - Vacation and benefits package is superb
- It's a company that has successfully reinvented itself in the last 3 years and has a real world-changing purpose rather than a company just chasing ever more profit
- Amazing colleagues
- Great career prospects
Cons: - Not a con, but some advice... Keep one eye on the responsibilities of your job, but pay close attention to your Annual Commitments set at review time. You can be superb at your day to day job, but if you don't live up to your commitments it will cast you in a negative light and reduce your chance of career progression.
- Work/Life balance can be a challenge if you're a parent of a young child
- Bad managers can hide very easily in such a large company. I was lucky and always had good managers, but they're there. Make connections and try to find out about hiring managers before changing roles...