Microsoft Group Program Manager, Technology reviews

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

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
3.0
Apr 1, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, smart people and exposure to interesting problems. Significant resources if you work on a hot project. Great place for someone beginning their career or wanting to learn high tech.

Cons

Tremendous internal competition makes sharing best practices difficult. Focus in many groups is "internal" vs. market-oriented meaning that people are rewarded for successfully navigating through the bureaucratic maze rather than solving real problems.

3.0
Mar 12, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can move around to find something you are excited about

Cons

Isolated to Microsoft technologies, can lose touch of major industry trends. Very weak on applications and web services.

3.0
Mar 11, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-many opportunities to move around within the company -can learn on the job to expand skills; some very smart and talented people to learn from -good upward growth for junior-level people -budgets to execute large-scale and global projects that wouldn't be possible at small companies -knowledge and use of technology

Cons

-some groups have mid/uppper managers that micromanage or hold people back...lack of trust and autonomy -some people value having their egos stroked above having great work accomplished. Some take credit for other's work. -managing your management is a bigger indicator of success than delivering quality work that get results -very rare for bad managers to change or be removed because the system supports them. Fear of retaliation prevents workers from being honest to their management when there are ethics issues or people are being treated disrespectfully.

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