Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-03-04
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

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Pros: Great people to work with and great range of products to work on.
Great compensation package - right on par w/ MS chief competitors.
Great quality of life, especially in Seattle locations.
Everyone has a voice.
Cons: Too much consensus building and not enough visionary leadership.
Despite a strictly enforced stack rank review system it takes too long to get rid of poor performers and the collateral damage from the stack rank is hard on morale.