Microsoft Program Manager II reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(281 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

68% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Program Manager II employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 281 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager II professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager II professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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281 reviews
1.0
Jan 14, 2016
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Pros

Work life balance! I don't need to do almost anything. I go to work at 11am, leave at 3pm, spending most of the time doing my own stuff. If you want to get retired, Welcome to Microsoft!

Cons

1. No Growth. After 3 years you wonder what you know after all when you talk with people from outside. And you are self-conscious what you can do if you are laid off. Perhaps nothing. 2. Debating Country Culture. So many employees from a specific country that is full of vendors, and those employees sometimes give me an illusion that I'm currently in that country. You understand what I mean. PMs from this country are so good at debating that they eat debating for a living. They bury you with debate in meetings that you are totally lost. 3. PM Managers and Directors. They are a joke. They shouldn't have existed. They are humiliating themselves. They are pure overhead that brings down the engineering team's morale. I seriously believe Microsoft will benefit from firing all PMs, but allowing PMs to convert to engineers if they can survive a high-school level coding test.

4.0
Dec 17, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with, loved my co-workers. Cafeterias are awesome, benefits are fantastic, pay was competitive. Loved it.

Cons

Stack ranking was a disaster. I understand from my friends still there that the review process has gotten better.

3.0
Dec 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good environment if you are in a good team with good management.

Cons

No team work. Cut throat competition within teams. PM's and Devs are more like enemies and competitors. They need too work together.

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