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Program Manager
"Bar none, Microsoft is the best company that I have worked for. Why? Solid management, employees are well taken care of and well compensated. Well defined career path and every one is given the opportunity to succeed, excel and contribute to the financial goal of the company. For me it was 16+ years of excitement, commitment and rewarding fun work."
Posted 9 years ago in Chevy Chase, MD
Program Manager
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4.4 / 5 Work Setting 4.4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3.6 / 5
Program Manager
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Manager
in Redmond, WA

"How the company has changed over time."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the challenges of developing products for consumer use, the excellent opportunities for advancement based on the performance of your job, and overcoming the thought that something could not be done and then doing the right thing for the product and the customer."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like that they were not always supporting a work/life balance although saying it was important."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"All of management needs to be able to work with different skill sets and thoughts about how work should be done. There is more than one way to get a job completed and not talk down to employees that have a vested interest and commitment to a project."

Program Manager

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the benefits and the talented colleagues."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be brave."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I dislike bureaucracy, lack of agility, and internal politics hampering the product."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have less politics and more interest in client needs."

Program Manager
in Redmond, WA

"Started great... flamed out after dealing with abusive management."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like working around a bunch of smart people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Bring your A game."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"Management and human resources pay lip service to 'work-life balance'. MSFT culture allows a good deal of managerial abuse towards contractors and ICs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow easier movement out of groups if Windows CE becomes too inbred with abusive managers."

Program Manager
in Washington, DC

"Slow moving bureaucracy."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the prestige."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Hang in there; it's a marathon."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"I don't like the slow pace of change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stabilize the job profile."

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