Microsoft is the BEST IT company to work for in the WORLD - Account Technology Specialist (ATS) Microsoft Employee Review

5.0
Mar 27, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They way in which they always strive to provide you with the best tools possible to do your job, and not only do your job, but do it good, and they empower you to do it at the best of your abilities. And should you get stuck, there is a world of resources at your fingertips, all catalogued, all in order, all in common to find places, and you know how to go about finding it. The information within the organization and their spport structres are out of this world, and you will have to search far and wide before finding an organization that has sooo much knowledge to share.

Cons

With the current economic down cycle we are facing at the moment, they are also laying off some people, and are also having quite some hectic job cuts. This has resulted in a bit of a demoralized fashion among our people, and this also brings with it the challenge of keeping the guys motivated to give their best during this difficult times. People often don't understand that our customers also spend less during these difficult times, and they continue to push us harder and harder for the results that their shareholders want, which is also a good and bad thing at the same time, but ultimate positive criticism.

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4.0
Jan 28, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. If you love tech, this is a great place. No doubt you'll talk tech (mostly the MSFT stack) from enterprise to consumer - from PCs to phones to Xboxes - from datacenter to desktop. 2. What were GREAT benefits are now VERY GOOD (took a small step down) but still probably better than you'll find at 99% of large corporations. If you've got family - the value of the benefits is even higher. 401k match is nice. 3. Even with it's struggles MSFT is still a cash printing machine. This means if you can keep your nose clean and do reasonable work, you can have a stable job, pay your bills, feed your family, and not worry (too much) about layoffs. The stock you own likely won't tank, but probably won't go up much either. You'll get a bonus each year and some stock. It's a decent life if you aren't looking to light the world on fire.

Cons

Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies. Managing Your Career: Make you say this out loud so it registers - 90,000 employees work there. Double that for vendors. It is VERY hard to "stand out" and move up in the company. Don't expect your manager to be much of an advocate or enabler to help you meet your career goals - they are basically trying to survive the stack rank every year too. Not familiar with the stack rank? Check out the 2012 Vanity Fair article called "Microsoft's Lost Decade".

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