Company: Microsoft
Date: 2012-12-18
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Confirmed

Not as good as it once was.
Pros: Fantastic exposure to technology, people and cultures--great diversity.
There are a few shining stars for product lines and people.
Competitive salary, benefits packages, employee discounts.
Large company offers many opportunities in other business units, different products or different roles.
Cons: Too much of the all smaller product lines exist to help sell the larger product lines mentality. Stack ranking is creating a culture of people that do not work together, but instead work just to get ahead of their colleagues.
Too Redmond focused--field promotions and opportunities are harder to find outside of there.