Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-10-31
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Stagnant, bureaucratic and bloated from the glory days
Pros: There is still a spirit of innovation and creativity to be found in pockets throughout the company, although it seems to dwindling year after year. More than most companies, Microsoft has both the breadth and depth to succeed in a great many technology spaces.
Cons: Senior management largely appears to have given up achieving a real turn around and are preoccupied with turf wars and infighting. The internal culture has been on a downward slide for several years now, with a review system that encourages managing up, excessive competition rather than collaboration, and "seasonal bursts" of good performance. Compared to the situation a decade ago, Microsoft is also no longer competitive with regard to compensation or benefits.