Company: Microsoft
Date: 2016-05-31
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

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Pros: Microsoft is a company finally coming back to the cutting edge.  The turn around that Satya has accomplished is an amazing thing to be a part of.  I am a huge fan of the technology available to me to make working faster and easier, and I think I now take for granted some of the internal tools available to me.
Cons: Wow - what can I say about the rank and file leadership and managers at Microsoft.  Poor doesn't begin to describe it.  The company has a culture of promoting high performers at an Individual Contributor level, and doing nothing to grow their leadership or management skills.  So you end up with managers that have no experience in managing, and it shows!  In 6 years I've had 4 managers.  One is the best I've ever had in my career (fluke), one was the absolute worst I've ever had, and the other two would not have lasted long as Managers in any other company I've worked at.