Microsoft Principal Program Manager reviews

3.8

78% would recommend to a friend

(199 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

53% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Principal Program Manager employees have rated Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 199 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Principal Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Principal Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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199 reviews
4.0
Nov 16, 2012
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Pros

Lots of perks (free gear, best in class equipment), very smart peers. Innovation is encouraged. The ranks are filled with very smart people who live interesting lives.

Cons

High stress and lots of politics. It can be quite difficult to advance once you reach the higher levels. Even with tens of billions in the bank, there is little sense of job security -- your project may be canceled at any time, and it is your responsibility to find an alternate work group or you are let go.

3.0
Oct 9, 2012
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Pros

Diversity in people, some of the smartest people I'd ever worked with, good breadth of technology and opportunity.

Cons

Microsoft is a big machine with a software production line mentality and quality is often de-prioritized. It is so wealthy that money is wasted, especially in IT. Management is given full authority to disregard the health and well being of their direct reports and HR no longer represents the non-manager employees.

4.0
Sep 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The company is made up of truly bright people from all over the world. If the problem exists in the realm of computer science, Microsoft has someone trying to solve it. We are relentless and persistent. We do not give up.

Cons

The performance review/feedback system creates an atmosphere of fear. People become selfish about ownership for features/projects as a result. This inhibits collaboration which is obviously important for large software projects.

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