Microsoft

In my current role right now, here are the pros, which I can also see pretty much from our sister groups:

• Awesome work-life balance: I never felt pressured to work beyond my work hours and I can always take a break (long and short) to recoup well-being.
• Flexible: As long as you deliver results on time, nobody cares where you are and what you do during the day.
• Resources availability: You're in one of the biggest companies in the world, and this should be a given.
• Great benefits: My fave is the backup care (they've increased the hours for child care under Bright Horizon significantly after Covid) and the $1200 well-being allowance.
• Diverse and inclusive: What you've read are all true!

Getting promoted is tough. It's not enough that you deliver but you're expected to, and keep your skip manager informed about this. This is because your direct manager is busy with his own leveling-up. In my first 3 years there, our direct manager did not even introduce us to our skip manager.

They should review the promotion process again. It's just not that effective and seems unfair to other folks.