Company: Microsoft
Date: 2011-09-08
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Microsoft has a very political / PC culture.
Pros: Microsoft as a company has great benefits even though rising benefits cost in general is forcing Microsoft to look at additional ways cut cost. It's nice to have access to all of the latest Microsoft software assets & toys.
Cons: I found management to be somewhat removed from the operations on the street. The culture at Microsoft is very political in nature. Much of life at Microsoft is managing/selling back to internal management. Since Microsoft is usually low cost provider, they typically have a lot of scrutiny on expenses and a tendency to shift that expense burden to the Microsoft partner community. Salaries are generally lower than other software companies. Poor training experience overall