Company: Microsoft
Date: 2019-11-01
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Best company to work right now
Pros: Microsoft offers some of the best benefits, has some of the smartest people and has such an inspiring mission of helping customers. It's a great company to settle into and work for that lets you move around industries and products without having to change your email address. It's easy to have a lifetime career here and never get bored doing the same thing over and over.
Cons: Microsoft is a very political system to navigate and work through. Often times there's a lot of red tape to go through for each decision which requires hours of meetings and alignment. It sometimes feels like you're doing your hardest to get the job done while others are doing their hardest to undo what you've done, it's not for the faint of heart. This can often mean you spend all day in meetings getting nothing done, only to find you have to spend the rest of your evenings and weekends working and stressing over how others are going to undo that work.