Company: Microsoft
Date: 2021-03-01
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Great Company, but only for Engineering Organizations
Pros: - Excellent employee culture & groups to explore and find community
- Massive networking capacity, nearly everyone is willing to meet you
- In the face of the pandemic, our benefits & flexibility to work increased significantly
- Company culture is on a positive trajectory and upheld by a majority of leaders
- Networking skills are more essential than anything else, for progression & work
Cons: - Unless you are in the engineering organizations, you are going to face stunted career growth as an early in career employee. Even more so later.
- Despite positive company culture, not all leaders subscribe to the overall company position on culture
- Managers play an astonishly crucial role in your initial success, both with network, opportunities, and promotions. I had 3 different managers in 6 months due to a reorg, and it effectively reset my time at the company
- Networking skills are more essential than anything else, for progression & work