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
4.0
Jun 19, 2008
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Pros

Microsoft has great facilities and comprehensive, progressive benefits packages. The intra-company opportunities are incredibly diverse and one can have a start-up like atmosphere (albeit w/o the reward) within a big, stable company.

Cons

Vista shipped. Seriously. I wonder how many members of the Vista team actually run OS X at home? Limited upside of equity, lack of a coherent strategy for the future. The whole Yahoo! debacle brings the latter point into sharp relief. I mean, come on, the consumer-facing Net stuff has largely been a failure and the response to that is to attempt to buy, at great expense, another failure.

4.0
Jun 16, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Microsoft remains a great place to have an impact on work done by millions through our products. It also offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits (particularly the health insurance which really means you pay nothing for all your care including perscriptions). It has grown dramatically in the 10 year I've been there and has handled some of the growth well (keeping great benefits). Microsoft remains Redmond focused, but is getting much better at this issue. There is much more openness to people (including software developers) being located places other than Redmond. Silicon Valley is a major and growning location and Boston is growing too.

Cons

It is a huge company with a bunch of bureaucracy, but this can be overcome if you work the system correctly. Despite a huge amount of construction, there continues to be a significant shortage of office space in the Redmond and Seattle area. This means that some people need to double up in offices which are meant for only one. Some times groups are not as coordinated as they should be and sometimes decisions take too long to get. However, if you make a good case, you can get major projects funded and resources assigned to try to make them realities.

5.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Cool technology, great management. The benefits the the best!

Cons

Very demanding enviroment. You work hard and are paid well. The expectations are very high.

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