Company: Microsoft
Date: 2020-12-18
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Wonderful mission, poor work life balance
Pros: + Great, empathetic and humble top execs
+ Feeling part of something that makes an incredible difference in the world 
+ Benefits, 401k match, vacation and sick days, etc. 
+ The corporation cares about their employees, providing wonderful resources and benefits during COVID 
+ Ability to start a new career within the same company is entirely possible
Cons: - Work life balance is very challenging depending on the business you're in. The faster the business is growing the less life you have. 
- You're not always compensated for great results and hard work. A huge part of your promotion and rewards is dependent on your manager who often have favorites. You can be demonstrating high performance many levels about your level, exceeding target results, and work 50 hrs a week but not get a promotion because you don't have "a big enough work scope" 
- The red tape and patchwork in some areas often adds 3-6 weeks to an item that should take a couple of days.