Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-10-13
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Principal Consultant
Pros: Good salary, nice bonuses for those with high security clearances.  No health care premiums are take from your paycheck...YET.
Definitely building a culture around diversity and clean business practices.
Cons: The management team in the Pub Sec Consulting division is horrible.  Too high on cronyism and nepotism.
The review process is still totally screwed up...so nebulous that you never truly know where you stand.  The forced attrition model is still alive and well...don't let anyone tell you differently.  I witnessed several long term staff (one with 18 years of tenure) get sent packing with nothing but a boot print on their rears.  No package/severance at all.  These were not weak performers...you don't make it 8, 12, 18 years at MSFT being a weak performer.  There is forced attrition and once you are on the list, you are not getting off.
The bonuses for Utilization and CPE (Customer Partner Experience) have been manipulated by HR again this year.  The numbers are now tied directly to a team number.  Does not matter how good you are...if you have a slacker on your team you pay the price.
The health benefits used to be incredible.  Now they are just average.