Company: Microsoft
Date: 2018-10-09
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Working for Microsoft Canada is like stabbing yourself in the eye - repeatedly.
Pros: Getting Microsoft on your resume - if that even means anything anymore.
Cons: Microsoft Canada is like a parody of what a company should be. It's full of people who are deeply bitter that they aren't working in the US, and are trying everything they can to work their way to the US HQ. In my time here, my manager told us to lie about our work to corporate and fudge numbers to make them look good. 

When I protested, I was told that I "wasn't a team player", and "didn't understand how Msft worked". I got out quick, and I would never want to work for a company that rewards sociapaths and liars quite as blatantly as Msft Canada does. 

What's even funnier is the kool-aid drinkers in the office, who walk around telling you how "lucky" you are to work for Msft. These folk - most of whom have never worked anywhere else - are typically the ones working overtime to cover up the messes they make when the E&Y audit emails come in. 

I came from one of the FAANG companies, and I deeply regret thinking that Microsoft might have changed.