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
5.0
Oct 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people managers who understand how to give their employees excellent work-life balance. Challenging projects to work on that affect the lives of often tens, or even hundreds of millions of customers. Great changes in the last year to fix culture problems and crazy inefficiencies where the same thing would be built independently by different teams. A removal of leadership who led to the creation of poorly-received products. Incredible freedom to move between product groups to try new things with management that supports such moves.

Cons

Problematic PR which still flubs the message of otherwise-great products way too frequently, and a devices strategy that's taking way too long to produce great high-end phones. Love the Surface Pro 3 though.

3.0
Sep 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, Good work life balance, Decent benefits. Benefits are tending to diminish now though. If you are in the right team - with the right people - it can be a very rewarding experience.

Cons

Too slow to move , too much process, not enough good managers. Promotion policies are not uniform. Some product groups promote fast, some are slow. Good time off policy 3 weeks. Usually manager does not care about extra time off.

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