Company: Microsoft
Date: 2011-02-07
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Just dont get impress by brand name. HR ready to fool you (Specially at MSIT).
Pros: Good talent around you
Good Campus
Facilities better than Service based cos (but not product based ones)
Cons: HR people show the compensation blown up. Do not have faith on their words unless they give things in writing.
They will hire you at title of lead\manager but when you enter you willfind it equivalent to Sr.Engg or lead i.e. 1 level down (Why as they have different concept of internal and on paper title).
Facilities similar to service based companies. You will definitely regret in terms of facilities if you are coming from Product based companies. I was amazed to see that people are getting laptops which are outdated. No Free lunches, No snacks items, A big campus where people have to walk under direct sun or rain after parking their vehicles. 
Environment of dissatisfaction among both old and new employees. Only people who have stayed a long time in Redmond and are in good position wants to be here. New employees feels like they have been cheated if they are moving here from any other product based company. 
Contractors are treated like people of lesser dignity.
Overall: Not so good place to work specially if you are coming here from a good product based company. Do not get impress by the Brand name.