Company: Microsoft
Date: 2008-06-11
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

Microsoft is a fantastic place to work.  Can't imagine working somewhere else.
Pros: Microsoft is a fantastic company that has a lot of opportunity for career diversity, growth and challenge.  The benefits package is second to none.  I don't have a co-pay at the Dr, and I get 4 weeks of vacation.  For all of Microsoft's faults, the company really does take to heart all of the criticism of the industry and I have never seen a company where customer satisfaction is so important.

A lot of people love to hate Microsoft because of some boneheaded decisions that we have made in the past and for decisions that we continue to make in small pockets.  Don't sterotype the whole company because of this, and also don't stop giving us feedback.  We need to hear it,
Cons: We don't always think before we act.  You see this in moves that are made public and then retracted because somebody didn't realize that their actions were visible.  The internet has created unbelievable transparancy, and we need to do a better job of thinking through all of our industry moves.