Company: Microsoft
Date: 2016-02-04
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

Extremely disappointing and disheartening.
Pros: Honestly there really weren't any. If I could rate you lower I would.
Cons: Contract staff is treated poorly. The manager completely yanked me around and didn't let me do what I was hired to do. I was penalized for having surgery and for not having system access after my contract was screwed up on three separate occasions.  The lack of dedicated office space makes it nearly impossible to work especially if you happen to have a disability. I worked for 22 hours straight to fix a data issue that I did not cause and because the systems were so bad and was blamed for taking too long. Your employees do not even know how to use the tools that you create. There is a ridiculously high reliance on email instead of using proper tracking tools and you were penalized if you do not give multiple status updates during the day even when there's nothing to report. I have worked for larger organizations that did not have this level of inefficiency and lack of process. The employees often throw the contract staff under the bus and assign them very menial tasks even if you've been hired to do something that is much higher level.