Company: Microsoft
Date: 2009-09-17
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

"outsiders" are not well accepted especially in senior level positions
Pros: The benefits package is excellent.
The cafeteria and the free drinks are a plus
Some really smart people are still there
Choosing the right group to be a member of is extremely important to a person's success and/or happiness within the company
Cons: Management really uses the work of others and claim it as their own to manage up.
It is a political zoo
Lot's of opportunity for lateral movement but little for promotion.
The process of determining who should be promoted is definitely biased and can be really unfair
There are no silent stars here, so if your personality does not align with promoting yourself overtly always you will fail in this environment.