Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-10-04
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

No work/life balance - 15+ year employee
Pros: Decent salary, health insurance average with the industry
Cons: work/life balance is horrible! It's pretty much a sweat shop. I had 3 deaths in my family and my manager showed absolutely no compassion. While on bereavement leave, my manager pinged me multiple times about training that needed to be completed.

Too keyed into metrics with no look at the individual. Encourages competition between peers which does not lead to cooperation and assistance within a team or between teams. 

Very high pressure to sell, regardless of your position in the company.

Health insurance used to be the best the industry. No longer, Microsoft is pretty much like any other company. 

If you work in the field, very few opportunities for career growth unless you are willing to move.