Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-10-08
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Marcomm
Pros: Learning big business perspective and values. Interesting technology. Fun with geeks! Big budgets for advertising. Working with best-in-biz design and advertising agencies. Quck decision making--this is not a company that sits around talking; they do the research, then act. Absolutely beautiful campus in Redmond.
Cons: Huge enterprise & bureaucracy. Easy to get lost in the shuffle if you're not another BillG or else a tenacious self-promoter. Tough place if you are not in a product group--everybody else is second-class citizen (overhead). If you're a content/comms professional like me, the endless focus on code and technology instead of customer value and benefits can be exhausting. Commute to work sucks--regional traffic nightmare.