Microsoft Program Manager reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(1,193 total reviews)
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Satya Nadella

85% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Program Manager employees have rated Microsoft with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,193 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Program Manager professionals have an excellent working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Dec 13, 2025

Wonderful Compay

Recommend
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Pros

They are big on diversity, equity, and inclusion Pay Hours They hire entry level people! Training Culture I could go on and on

Cons

the trainers are good but I feel like they’re a little too casual.

1.0
Dec 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

This is a BIG tech company - some of it is good and some of it is bad Great place if you like to work on Windows technology

Cons

Layoffs were indicator of poor management of teams where VPs are great at tech and terrible at being a leader Salaries and benefits are lower than most BIG tech companies

5.0
Dec 4, 2025

Great

Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility (including a decent amount of time so you could work on a Hackathon, although that depends on the team), opportunities to move to other teams (I heard that's not as available right now), great benefits (above many other tech companies), free drinks (Ha!), Hackathons are fun, good salary (although other big tech might be a little higher), flexible vacations (now it's just open without hours, but it depends on the team how flexible that truly is), very flexible on hybrid/remote (although full remote really should be carefully considered, depending on the team, because it could lead to a layoff or something similar), tuition reimbursement (I recommend you take advantage of this and go for a Masters or PHD), onboarding is very organized and cohesive, they know how to scale impact through vendors (so employees can accomplish more), their tools are the most productive (and they all work together, because Microsoft makes them all), and they might have the best book policy (so it's easier to author books and build your reputation more... than it is at other big tech companies).

Cons

Salary is a little lower often than other big tech companies, as well as bonuses and shares/stock. It's still good, but often other big tech can be higher (Google, Meta, maybe Amazon or Oracle, depending on the role, etc.). Similarly, promotions are sometimes a little harder to get, and you can't get a promo by transfer to another team (very rare). the review process is a little too time consuming (comparatively, but it's close). Although the Hackathons are nice, it's not really built into the culture much year round (so it might take some effort to do anything effective through that, in finding the right team, etc.). They don't have free food (which is a minimal factor; some big tech do), but their free drinks are nice, and there are plenty of catered events and meetings.

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