Pros: Exciting project. Amazing working environment. Intelligent, friendly, and supporting colleagues. Very nice logistics arrangements.

Cons: Cannot think of any, truly...

Pros: Best work culture so far. Certainly a good place to work in if you are process specific. From a technological point of view, this place is A-grade compared to the rest of the tech companies. Lots of opportunity to move across teams and find the right spot.

Cons: There aren't really cons, as such, from a company point of view. The pay is competitive with the rest of the companies if you join laterally. But if you are moving up the ladder, the growth is real slow, and the outcome is not satisfactory.

Pros: There are truly brilliant people at Microsoft, and lots of passion in the air.

Cons: Review system politics. You survived the 99% cutoff rate of interviews and racked up lots of experience, shipped some products, patented ideas, added innovative features, saved the day, etc. But now you're in a rough patch at work and find yourself in the bottom 10-20% of the review pool due to "metrics" and personality issues, and you are headed for eviction. Perhaps you'd like the opportunity to interview with another team? You'd better interview with Google or Apple, because your internal record won't allow you to stay at Microsoft. And once you get one bad review, you bet you won't pull yourself out of the hole.