Company: Microsoft
Date: 2015-10-15
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

Civic Engagement and Technology Fellow
Pros: *Flexible hours
*helpful and responsive management
*Weekly meetings with managers
*Management recognized the position as also a learning experience, and were willing to help in areas I didn't understand.
*Was able to work on a number of different projects which I got to chose and often lead.
Cons: *Department was new a somewhat unorganized, so I did not have a clear goal or set of tasks
*Similarly, onboarding process was confusing and unorganized
*Payroll manager (through the consulting firm Amplify) was difficult to work with 
*Many of the projects I was working on required more than my set 10 hours/week
*Somewhat isolated from the rest of the team and other employees at Microsoft (mostly due to the nature of my chosen projects)