Microsoft Operations Program Manager reviews

4.0

93% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

99% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Program Operations Manager employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Operations Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Operations Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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55 reviews
4.0
Sep 17, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I always had managers who were fair and really wanted to reward people based on merit (work accomplished and impact made). I always felt fairly rewarded. I got to do some pretty cool work and work with passionate, enthusiastic, principled people. Fantastic benefits. I had a good work life balance and really appreciated that.

Cons

Sometimes it was tough to get management support, coaching and feedback. They were busy... Microsoft would do well to have an internal recruiting program. When looking for other positions internally, HR would only offer, "Use the Career site and your network". I could have used help in finding roles that lined up with my skillset and interests. Sometimes I felt like Microsoft management HR mindset was, "Employees are our most valuable asset!! ...well, perhaps not you, specifically... but employees, in general, are our greatest asset!!!" At times, Microsoft would publicly support or not support particular polarizing social issues that were not directly related to the product or service or customer set. I don't think this behavior is appropriate for any public company.

4.0
Jul 3, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are amazing, flexible work (telework), capable to have work life balance and still be successful, your manager can make or break your experience, ability to change roles and completely start from scratch if you want every 2 - 3 years.

Cons

Your manager can make or break your job, annual calibration relative to your peers creates unnecessary competition between coworkers...

2.0
May 29, 2012

Mixed Bag

Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, ability to work from home,diversity, values a "self-starter" mentality.

Cons

Constant org changes demoralize teams, hard to invest in a vision when the exec who kicks it off doesn't hang around very long. Review model that does not "reward the assist" or foster team/collaborative environment. Six years with the company and these issues never seem to go away. Company punishes folks to dare speak truth to power (ie company poll).

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