Company: Microsoft
Date: 2011-08-31
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Strong company, great benefits, brilliant people, but oppressive politics and processes
Pros: -Fantastic benefits.  100% medical coverage (though changing in 2013)
-Very smart people, always challenging work
-Excellent facilities
-Great tele-work options for field-based employees
Cons: -Very questionable decisions by executive management, missed opportunities (smartphone, tablet)
-Review system is unfair, political, and is an 'move up or out' tool for management
-Mediocre middle management
-Executive management does not value their front line employees
-Executive management fails to make moves that would boost the stock price - buybacks, dividend increase