Company: Microsoft
Date: 2019-04-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Not the best option if you have life outside the office
Pros: - compensation and benefits;
- freedom to choose how you solve the problems;
- international team, interesting smart people around;
- sick days, home office;
- nice office with terrace;
- coffee, tea, fruits and some food for free;
- events for employees are organised quite often;
- there are some games, music room, maybe smth else but I don't know anyone who finds time to use it.
Cons: - no work life balance if you want career movements: besides obligatory on-calls, you are informally asked to be available during some evenings/weekends.
- stress and pressure will accompany you (probably depends on a team).
- very competitive and people/teams blaming culture.
- bureaucracy and communication with HR/accountants.

To sum up, it can be a good place to start a career after the university, but not as perfect if you are a parent with kids and want to spend evenings/weekends with your family.