Company: Microsoft
Date: 2017-03-14
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

If you want to progress, you need to be in Redmond
Pros: Salary
Betting on the right horses right now (2016/17: Azure, Enterprise environment, AI)
Cons: - Rather centralized organisation. Career ladder ends pretty quickly outside the US, you hardly find jobs with level 66 or higher outside Redmond. 
- Buddy culture in Redmond
- Decision making mostly at HQ, very little left to the field