Company: Microsoft
Date: 2013-01-18
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Company With Huge Potential
Pros: Microsoft is a company with dominant market share in the computer industry, financial resources to fund long-term investments and very strong research and development teams.  This enables it to enter adjacent or related markets in search of growth.
Cons: Middle management at Microsoft is short-sighted and overly reliant on inefficient processes and metrics that do not contribute to the company's long-term success.  Talent and teamwork often take a back seat to politics as the people who get recognized or promoted are often the ones who play the "game".