Is Microsoft a good company to work for as a Architect/Program Manager?

Architect/Program Manager professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 257 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Architect/Program Manager Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Architect/Program Manager interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Architect/Program Manager employees well?

Architect/Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 257 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 9.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Architect/Program Manager salaries at Microsoft.

How happy are Architect/Program Manager professionals working at Microsoft?

89% of Architect/Program Manager employees at Microsoft would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 2% in the past 12 months. Architect/Program Manager professionals have also rated Microsoft with a 3.9 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 4.0 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"They provide great benefits and you get a lot of exposure if interested in full time corporate role" ((in 6292 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5368 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4316 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4029 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2119 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Microsoft according to real employee reviews?

"Bad managers abound and there is not much remedy for that except for leaving the job." ((in 1443 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1203 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 761 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 488 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 452 reviews))

Microsoft Architect/Program Manager reviews

4.1

89% would recommend to a friend

(257 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

88% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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Architect/Program Manager employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 257 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Architect/Program Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Architect/Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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257 reviews

4.0

Dec 11, 2013

Great Company, but aging

Architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great projects, great people, commands respect in the industry, you can do things that are impossible with smaller companies. We rule the Enterprise and they happily give us an awful lot of money because we deliver stuff that they understand, and that works.

Cons

- Too many middle managers and middling management, too much internal competition, passionate but unimaginative leadership. - Too much cost watching from management and not enough good ideas. - We have gone from being successful "fast followers" to just plain "followers". - We have problems coping with complexity. - Willingness to leverage advanced technology (that involves math and mental effort) is very limited. - Overemphasis on "simplicity" leads to poor solutions.

5.0

Nov 24, 2013

A place to be

Solutions architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Coming as the leader in IT, CLoud, Gaming, Entertainment

Cons

Need to change the Employees Appraisal system

1.0

Oct 19, 2013

Most worst place to work

Architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are crazy about the Brand

Cons

Guys, Never ever join in MSIT division of Microsoft. MSIT is not Microsot. Even companies like Mindtree, wipro are 1000 times better than MSIT. I have never seen such a worst workplace in my life. They recruit you as a senior technical resource and they give you documentation work. Here freshers do coding and leads do documentation for that code. You may expect that people here are technically good but it is completely wrong. There are many technical leads here who don't even know what CLR is. Extreme level of politics by North Indians and Tamilians. Managers here work for 10-15 years and they don't know what the outside world is. There is no process at all here. No one cares how good you are technically. You need to do hungama to get recognized From Day 1 of your joining, they scare you about your appraisal and they threaten you on the same.

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