Company: Microsoft
Date: 2014-08-01
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Average
Pros: Company remains a leader in software and is very cash rich.  Some very talented people in pockets here and there. Supply chain is fairly world class and has an amazing global reach.  Benefits, beautiful campus and philanthropic values are a primary draw.  It is possible that the company will have a true success with one of their new products.
Cons: Poor culture and  poor communication all around.  "All-hands" are mind-numbingly dull and a waste of time - nothing of real value shared.  People management is an oxymoron for Microsoft - there are very few truly good people managers in the Supply Chain space.  Mentality of some of the longer term staff is cutthroat which is due to the byzantine ranking system (which changed this year) - but the mentality will live on as long as there are the long-term employees.  It could be an awesome place if they figure out a lot of these things - and maybe they will.