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
4.0
Feb 4, 2014

Great place to work

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

- work-life balance - ability to influence products millions of people use daily - very competitive compensation/benefits package - opportunities to move into different projects/products/groups - EVERYONE I've worked with is sharp

Cons

- LOTS of overhead: mandatory hr trainings, skip levels, monthly all hands, quarterly all hands, group events, etc - at times it can can feel as though people are just going through the motions

3.0
Jan 3, 2014

Ok place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

variety of projects that are diverse in nature

Cons

lots of bureaucracy. management has no clue

2.0
Oct 28, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the UX experts with whom I had the pleasure of working were the most brilliant people/artists I have ever met. Many of the engineers met this criteria as well

Cons

The company overall has become quite lost and needs to re-define its identity. There were 5 different re-orgs when I was there which negatively effected morale in a big way. Research and white papers are presented in cute meetings but don't actually lead to any apps or new systems/process.The current review process is the most ridiculous system I've ever experienced and leads to many people leaving. Everyone is graded on a 'curve' and someone on the team has to get the lowest score (a 5). It's completely retarded, as I never met a single developer/artist who wasn't brilliant and didn't deserve a 1/2 but that's not how it works!

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