5.0
Jun 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Resources on the intranet are tremendous. People are (for the most part) very smart. Software/Product discounts are great.
Cons
If you're in the satellite development centers (like Silicon Valley) the opportunities for moving to a different business unit are limited. If I were in Redmond (or willing to move there) there are a dozen jobs that I'd love to take, but not in the bay area. That's not particularly Microsoft's fault. They have to be based somewhere, but it's the reason I ultimately left. The job I was in wasn't going anywhere and there weren't (at the time...2006) any other interesting opportunities, so I left. I think the MS presence in the valley is growing, so maybe things are different now. I'd go back.
