Microsoft Program Manager II reviews

Not a company for people with 8-10 year experince. Mostly you will have join at a lower level at Microsoft and will take years to grow to where you would be if you had not joined Microsoft. Has a bloated middle-management. People who have joined in the 90s will never leave Microsoft and have mostly captured the middle management layer. Very difficult to grow into that role now.

Career growth is limited, once you enter the company. Minor promotions happen on annual basis. If you enter the company in lower level, you have no chance of moving up, regardless of performance. Work-life balance does not exist in many teams. The company sets unreasonable expectation for responsiveness, causing employees to reply to e-mails across the clock. Directions are not set clearly and there is significant randomization. Communication channels and responsibilities are also not well defined across the company. Teams rarely work well together, as the culture is competitive instead of collaborative.