Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-11-12
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Don't work here. It's not the only game in town.
Pros: Nice benefits. Work with amazingly talented and smart people.
Cons: Microsoft is over 30 years old. It's had it's day in the sun and it is now a sinking ship. Read some reviews on the stock and you'll understand why. The politics here are unbearable. In-fighting between teams and groups keeps innovation down and limits the companies ability to produce any real great products. We are loosing fast to Android and the CEO seems to be totally out of his mind. Reviews are a joke.  I've seen amazingly smart, talented people in the time I've been here let go "because someone has to fail."  Having a good review and thus a raise, bonus or even the ability to keep your job is highly dependent on how good your manager can argue on your behalf to upper management and even then it's a numbers game with some ridiculous calculation that ensure that 10% of the population will loose their jobs