Company: Microsoft
Date: 2017-04-15
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Depends on where you work in the company
Pros: You'll get great benefits and opportunities to grow your knowledge, access to hot speakers who come in to share their knowledge and experiences, and access to many forward thinkers whom you can tap.

There are many employee interest and advocacy groups to involve yourself. The main campus is beautiful.

I work in a great group that believes in the "growth mindset" that Satya Nadella supports and evangelizes.  Mistakes are opportunities to learn and grow. We are the new Microsoft.
Cons: There are many groups that function as "old Microsoft," and it's still cut throat. It all depends on your manager, that person's manager, and that person's manager. When you interview, ask about what each manager believes about the culture and how they contribute to the culture and working environment. Dig deep and talk to people outside your department about how other people view your potential group.

If it bothers you to work in a place where SOME people don't value the entire team's contributions, whether or not they're staff or vendors, then you may be bothered here.

You might work long hours and work doesn't stop coming.

Not all main campus buildings get the same care or offer the same facilities that the nicer buildings do.

Depending on your job, you may be stuck on campus, your closest cafeteria will be important. They use Sysco food if you care.

Microsoft may not look as good on your resume as it once did, but hold on. Satya Nadella is changing Microsoft. It may rise up again.