Company: Microsoft
Date: 2009-08-07
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former

Great Place to Work - Microsoft
Pros: Management's focus on hiring and keeping the best employees and helping to grow their careers.  Great benefits and work environment!  Beside the free drinks, showers & towels, 2 bike tune-ups per year, there is also group & company-wide moral events.  Great benefits: no co-pay for health care including no co-pay for emergency room visits or on meds.
Cons: Managers can lack people skills since they are usually technical folks promoted with little management training and mentoring.  The ranking system during reviews in the IT group at MS  depends on who you know vs. your value to company.