Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-10-14
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Great company going through difficult transformation
Pros: With Satya Nadela at the helm, Microsoft has got a clear mission, strategy and excellent product line up. Transformation to a Cloud first, Mobile first business is setting the stage for a big comeback.
Cons: Frequent reorgs resulting in instability and insecurity. Mid and lower level management seems lost in the transformation process, with their focus mainly on finding a secure place for themselves, and less on guiding their org through the new changes.Data culture is still missing. Success depends more on how you manage up versus what you deliver and impact. "Impact", "Consumption" are more of buzzwords, since most of the activities and core skillsets of the people still remain the same (old wine in new bottle). Integrity of many of the success metrics used are questionable. Customer focus was never a core strength, and the current transformation has only distracted the business further from it.