Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-02-22
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current

Brutal and dehumanising...singularly the most disappointing employment experience of my career so far.
Pros: Cutting edge of software and technology, some great people, pleasant campus environment, great for the resume
Cons: Astonishing inequity in treatment, routine victimisation and bullying of productive staff members, higher than average proportion of political workplace psychopaths, unbelievable levels of internal reporting, noise and trivial requests from management with zero notice, no regard for work-life balance, network-centric rather than merit-centric approach to advancement, no constructive management, intimidation by junior and middle managers, ridiculous enforcement of field training deadlines ahead of corp mandated deadlines to improve brand of local management.