Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-06-27
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Clueless managers rise to the top and rule with iron fists
Pros: Unbelievable benefits - Health insurance, StayFit, PRIME card discounts
Company store
Free drinks
Reasonable pay
Decent office if you have 10+ years with the company
Cons: Product strategy is fuzzy
Performance management is a cult of personality affair and a running joke - we spend months on it with no really valuable feedback about how we're doing, rewards are mostly based on brownnosing and who you know, not what you know, and how well liked you are
Red tape abounds
Products that should be killed in incubation make it to market, then company pulls the rug out from under users when they can't win in that market or can't offer reasonable support to customers
Watch your back! Many people like to find others to do their work, lots of finger pointing
Managers seem to think it's the 1980s and their so-called "management style" is appropriate although most have no idea what management is - all their management learning comes from MS - not an MBA to be found
What is work-life balance? For some it means "I have kids, so I barely show up" while others are expected to carry the load for these absentee "employees"
Reorg of the month club