Company: Microsoft
Date: 2009-08-05
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Pleasant place where marketing creativity goes to die
Pros: Microsoft is like Pleasantville, everyone is smart and tech-savvy and the life is enviable.  The pay is solid (esp given the relatively low cost of SEA-TAC) and the benefits astounding.
Cons: I felt like there were very few opportunities to try new roles out.  As MBA hires, we were encouraged to become functional experts (me in marketing) and shift to different product lines.  There was little opportunity, though, to specialize in one tech sector and demonstrate excellence and get fast-tracked for that.  Middle management was way too heavy to make me believe I could get promoted anywhere fast.