Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-01-16
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Great company, great people unfortunately under weak leadership
Pros: - If you don't know what you like to work on, Microsoft is a great company to explore various technology domains from operating systems to mobile advertising. Tremendous flexibility in switching between the teams
- Awesome pay, benefits and work life balance
- Relatively flexible company policy to switch disciplines, from test engineer to develop, from program manager to product marketer
Cons: - Not for people who like fast pace and dynamic work environment. Too many processes, too many decision makers, too many layers of talkative managers
- Depending on the organization, might be very political and territorial
- In my opinion, too many people with no clear contribution to the company. Too many folks roaming, cruising and has settled
- Weak leadership from middle managers to higher up. Wrong people in wrong places that slows innovation down