Company: Microsoft
Date: 2012-01-13
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

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Pros: Access to cutting edge technology
Many ways to move horizontally
Good benefits
Smart people
Cons: Review system is broken: %20 percent of all employees must get a 4 or 5 (on a scale of 1=best, 5=worst) on their yearly review, regardless of accomplishments
Not nearly enough advertising for consumer products
100% health care coverage is going away
Way too many meetings