Company: Microsoft
Date: 2020-08-28
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Great idea, but terrible execution by ppl who are way too long in Microsoft
Pros: International company, amazing amount of resources for education of any type, looks great on CV, fantastic work equipment, absolutely stunning building, work-life balance
Cons: No way you are getting promoted, they keep saying you are good boy, yet: no budget, someone else was promoted, you are missing something (all pillars are very subjective). Lowballing base: if you initially have low package, it won't change in years. Enormous quotas for emerging/adverse regions. SMC management is extremely pure: no experience, no vision, feels like they were hired just because MS couldn't afford someone better. Gigantic pile of other 'funny moments': super low merits, lateral moves, SMC stock options are 10x lower than normal MS, quota numbers can be added on the fly due to 'adjustments', etc.