Company: Microsoft
Date: 2010-11-16
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Director in the US business partner group, focused on selling solutions thru partners
Pros: Technology vision is very compelling, great solutions at reasonable prices to appeal to customers in various market segments, fellow employees are smart and highly motivated, benefits, work life balance is possible but there is a price to pay for it (lack of promotion).  Generally speaking, an ethical company, interested in doing the right thing for customers and partners.  Minimal pressure to coerce a customer into signing a deal based on a revenue deadline.
Cons: Good ideas can't execute on them.  End user marketing is either non-existent or horrible.  The stock is a significant part of the compensation but the upside has not been there, which affects earning potential.  From a performance standpoint, it is not sufficient to do a great job...  you have to do a great job and then more...and more... and more.  Promotions are dangled in front of employees to get "above and beyond" work effort but often don't materialize.