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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (1,195 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      85% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      Program Manager employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,195 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      1K reviews
      4.0
      Mar 15, 2009

      SteveB has failed to instill a culture suitable to the challenges in this market - GE is the wrong model.

      Program manager
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      Pros

      Microsoft is still the leader in many of the most important markets even if its influence is declining.

      Cons

      Downside #1: 5-10% chance of getting fired each year (no I wasn't fired, but it's like an axe over the head of everyone but the so-called top 30%). Downside #2: the company is stumbling to keep up with the pace of Web 2.0.

      3.0
      Mar 11, 2009

      Great place to work. Not the right fit if you are career oriented and ambitious.

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Microsoft has by and large smart people. You will spend your day interacting with them, and they in turn will stretch you. People are passionate about what they work on, are vocal about it, and you will like most of your colleagues. Great access to information across the company - from other teams to the library and Microsoft Research. It is also a great place to experience different kinds of technology and you can move with relative ease across the company. Benefits are amazing. Work-life balance is highly possible. The culture is in general very inclusive.

      Cons

      If you are looking to make money, rise rapidly, Microsoft is not for you. There are layers upon layers of management and bureaucracy. Promotions are often handed out, not based on your merit, but on how well your manager can argue for you. Projects can go on indefinitely as management can often be clueless or lacking the spine to make changes. Microsoft is slow to react to changes in the market. If an organization is under-performing, it will be atleast 2 years before a change in leadership happens, and another 3 before the right direction is visible in the market. In the meantime, competition can have a field day.

      4.0
      Jan 10, 2009

      Opinon of MSFT from a recent grad.

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Microsoft is a huge corporation and therefore has lots of opportunities for growth and lateral as well as horizontal movement. Benefits are extremely good compared to other companies and the people here are all very smart and motivated. I feel that Microsoft really appreciates their employees and does a decent job making sure they are as productive as possible. For example, my team is split across two locations and MS regularly flies me to the other location to have one on one meetings. We also regularly have broad team meetings at offsite locations that are quite fun and interesting.

      Cons

      It takes a long time to get anything done, requiring several levels of approval. People tend not to do what is best for the product but what's best for their career at MSFT. It can be very frustrating when you want to do something that is great for the product but are prevented from doing so for various silly reasons. Also, if you are a developer, get ready to work on a ton of legacy code. This is probably one of the most frustrating aspects, having to deal with code that's 5 or sometimes 10 years old. Sometimes it just doesn't feel like I'm working at a high tech firm.

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