Microsoft reviews

Unmatchable opportunity for worldwide impact, generous benefits and pay, mostly performance-based evaluation. If you are very good at what you do, Microsoft is a great place to be - you will be rewarded handsomely for great progress. After a year at the company I've received around 75k in bonus compensation due to my success. However, this is very atypical.

I love working for Microsoft. It's the best job I've had. I'm a high-performer, and have been well compensated for it. I've owned my own company, and have held leadership positions in a variety of different types of orgs and can truly say that, on balance, it's awesome. Smart, talented people. Fantastic benefits. Great to have stock grants versus options (particularly given the market). Good work/life balance especially if you have a family. High degree of freedom to define your role, and manage your own business as a 'field' employee (versus Corporate). If you understand how big organizations work, and know how to navigate them, you'll do well here. Where people fall down is assuming they can change the organization without really understanding how it works first.