Good that you finally did i guess, I was sick of Microsoft myself and by the time they laid me off, with a fat severance, I was counting my stars. It was an organisation that I loved so much but it changed over the years, became extremely political, toxic culture, no collaboration, no perks, hikes, stock awards, cost cutting (travel completely stopped) even with soaring profits every quarter. Why Microsoft did this was beyond me. Also, my manager who was basically a "diversity" hire, wanted to fire everyone who was above 'X' LPA CTC, irrespective of their contribution, yoe, etc. She also asked a very close friend of mine to file a POSH case on a senior leader just because she didn't like that leader. That was it for me and I basically stopped working after that, wanting to be laid off. I can't recognise the brand anymore. While they may be the darling of Wall Street nowadays, it's also the most poisonous work culture that I have experienced in my entire professional career.