Company: Microsoft
Date: 2009-07-31
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Xbox Live - Understaffed with too many good ol' boy relationships at the top.
Pros: Fantastic products.  Great to work on stuff that's recognizable by just about everyone in the world.  Many people there are great to work with.
Cons: Xbox Live is severely understaffed, and work-life balance can be horrible at times.  The worst part is that it's clear some of senior management are protecting their own.  Several people easily should have been cut during the rounds of layoffs, but weren't.