Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Principal Technical Program Manager?

Principal Technical Program Manager professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 3.8 out of 5 stars in 607 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Principal Technical Program Manager Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Principal Technical Program Manager interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Principal Technical Program Manager employees well?

Principal Technical Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 607 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Principal Technical Program Manager salaries at Microsoft.

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What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6294 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5352 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4299 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4054 reviews)); "The Good pay and bonus and they're always finding ways to give money to employees." ((in 2113 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1459 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1177 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 776 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 480 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 451 reviews))

Microsoft Principal Technical Program Manager reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(607 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

75% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

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Principal Technical Program Manager employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 607 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Technical Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Technical Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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607 reviews

3.0

Jul 24, 2025

Tier 2.5 company

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Somewhat still respectable. Perks/benefits. Somewhat modern campus

Cons

Mediocre Pay. Get to work with average to below average developers. Most can't design / ship a single decent project to save their lives.

5.0

Jul 24, 2025

Experience at MSFT

Principal program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, bonus, stock. My team was easy to work with.

Cons

Layoffs. At principal level did not see a lot of opportunity for advancement.

2.0

Jul 21, 2025

Company's in mid-charter change and its clear quality, M365, and its people aren't at the core.

Principal program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you're at the bleeding edge of AI and the supporting technology, it's where the money is. Copilot be damned, Azure OpenAI will be a force.

Cons

If you were a part of the 'old guard', the legacy products, you're being cut to bare metal on resources to fund the juggernaut. That includes things like security & privacy efforts, supportability, anything resembling quality of life for employees. We even had a Satya direct tell us anything less than Enterprise customers weren't a priority any longer, it was AI and the Enterprise customers for the foreseeable future.

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