Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-10-21
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Good pay, average work, poor culture and lack of diversity
Pros: - Better compensation, lucrative joining bonus
- Cafeteria, well stocked pantry
- Good giving campaigns, yearly round of charitable giving
- Open to lateral movements across teams, locations
- Supports distance learning and even funds some of the well recognized courses!
Cons: - Bad culture. I have no idea how the bangalore office has turned out to have a culture so distant from what Microsoft elsewhere is known for. Diversity, inclusion and friendly people - all are lacking here. You get hired now.. you are more certain to feel lonely, marginalized and left to fend for yourselves.
- Middle of a massive realignment. MS is undergoing a top to bottom shakeup and reorg which can leave you uncertain of coming times. But if you are old timer at Microsoft, perhaps it is a cause for much joy. Certain teams in Bing and BingAds is undergoing a swift move to agility and with no clear focus on what to aim for, teams are trying what feels best for them and most are re-engineering what other tech giants like Goog, Amzn have solved well for years. Things like Disaster management, CI all are getting solved for now. Seems like a decade old problem.