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      3.1

      35% would recommend to a friend

      (159 total reviews)
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      Satya Nadella

      42% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      2.7

      Career opportunities

      2.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.4

      Senior management

      2.3

      Culture & values

      Group Program Manager, Technology employees have rated Microsoft with 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 159 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Group Program Manager, Technology professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Group Program Manager, Technology professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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      159 reviews
      4.0
      May 23, 2015

      Generally good deal at Microsoft

      Principal group program manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great compensation package, flexible hours, can move around in the company, intellectual challenges, some level of freedom.

      Cons

      If you get a bad manager who is out to screw you, you're basically trapped. Too many managers!

      4.0
      May 8, 2015

      Great People, Not So Great Management

      Principal group program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I spent 18 years of my life at Microsoft. I helped SQL Server, from a PC database one of the world's most successful software products. There are few other companies where you can have your work impact so many people and businesses. I also felt like the quality of employees that Microsoft attracts is very high.

      Cons

      Microsoft grew over time by maximizing revenue in a single market of channel-driven microcomputer software. Once that market started to dissolve, the company began to implode. Satya came in and tried to re-invent the company to be relevant in a cloud-first, mobile-first world but all of the organization and middle management was optimized to the old model. The infighting and politics kills any move toward innovation.

      4.0
      Feb 5, 2015

      Company under Satya is heading the right direction

      Principal group program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - one of a few companies w/ lots of touch-points with consumers and enterprises - opportunity to work on products that touch people's lives -- Windows, Office, Skype, Bing, Azure, Xbox, etc. - most colleagues are smart, hard-working, and competent - company is heading the right direction by focusing on cloud and mobile - Satya is transforming company culture for the better - recent changes to modernize product development roles make sense

      Cons

      - old-Microsoft culture traits (aggressiveness, lack of collaboration, internal competition) still linger among small pockets of old-timers - benefits not at par vs. competition -- e.g., Google / Facebook / Yahoo! (free food, lengthy parental leaves), Apple (sizable HW product discount for employees - SW discounts are great!!)

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