Company: Microsoft
Date: 2014-04-28
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Some groups are very political; non-technical people run the show; job-doers are sidelined in favor of networkers.
Pros: It is a big company. I am sure there are other teams with better work atmosphere. Make sure you know the GM is a sound guy. Work culture in group trickles down from top.
Cons: Some groups like mine are very bad places to be. The leaders and their lackeys are all about making their fiefdoms and promoting their careers at the cost of honest workers, and hence the company. Backstabbing is common.
If you rub your manager the wrong way, nothing can save you. Managers have absolute powers. HR exists only to help the managers keep their directs under check.