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

If you execute on your commitments, then you're pretty secure in your job.
Pros: You work with some of the most forward thinking people in the world.  There is a singular theme when working here which to change the world for the better through technology and software.  Great networking opportunity especially Redmond.  If you are strategic minded, than observing how work gets done in this company is priceless because its almost like magic.
Cons: Some groups are highly political.  Middle management act more like managers than leaders, too many are bad at both.  Although the company is scorecard driven in every department, it is far from balanced.  There are very few people in the middle and lower parts of the chain that question fundamental assumptions regarding priorities and methodologies.  Middle management doesn't know how hard the individual contributors work sometimes.  Field positions are not respected as much as corporate roles.