Company: Microsoft
Date: 2017-01-17
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good, but did use the Nokia asset it bought well
Pros: I found Microsoft to take care of people pretty well. I was part of the handset business Microsoft bought from Nokia.
Cons: Previous CEO made the decision which was left to the new CEO who clearly did not share the opinion of buying the Nokia handset business. This ended up ms not investing enough in the comeback and eventually ramping down the whole phone business and laying off 25k+ people. 
This is in a way evidence of ms going through big changes and if you happen to be in that side of the business which is not valued by CEO then changes and moves can be quick and they lay off people pretty fast.