Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-10-12
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Used to be a great place to work. Not anymore
Pros: Freedom to work autonomously; a fairly flexible work schedule; pay is comparable to similar companies; we do get to work with products long before they're released
Cons: Microsoft has put shareholders first. The company is too focused on the bottom line and not focused enough on employees and customers.Metrics do not tell the whole story. Management needs to look at the data behind the metrics. There is unfortunately an attitude with executive management that the bottom 10% of employees be cut every year rather than investing in career development for this group.