Company: Microsoft
Date: 2012-08-15
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Sales jobs at MS are not what they used to be
Pros: Many very talented people who are willing to go above an beyond to achieve joint goals. Fantastic benefits (although they're getting less fantastic every year), good pay if you achieve your goals (see cons).
Cons: Calibration/stack ranking model is as bad as recent articles suggest. It opens the door for cronyism, and major subjectivity regardless of how well you do your job. Be prepared to be a political person - know who to be close to, etc. If you don't want that, look elsewhere because the culture has unfortunately become exactly that.