Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-09-03
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Bad culture and extremely bureaucratic
Pros: There are a lot of smart and friendly people. Everyone is always happy and agreeing with management. Pay and benefits are competitive. If you're interested in politics, this is a great place to be.
Cons: If you're interested in politics, this is a great place to be. If you choose to join Microsoft you better be ready to spend significantly more time on self promotion and making friends than getting the job done. As they say it's not so much about "what" you do but more about "how" you do it. Extremely bureaucratic and process oriented organization. Internally focused with very little listening to the market and the customers. Bad performance system.