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

Lead Program Manager professionals working at Microsoft have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 34 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Microsoft employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Lead Program Manager Jobs at Microsoft now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Lead Program Manager interview questions at Microsoft .

Does Microsoft pay Lead Program Manager employees well?

Lead Program Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Microsoft with 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 34 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 22.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Lead Program Manager salaries at Microsoft.

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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 6325 reviews)); "Work/Life balance is good and entirely up to you make it what you want it to be" ((in 5350 reviews)); "Some really great people working in the Inside sales teams and the building is fantastic." ((in 4326 reviews)); "Office had a lot of talented folks when I left in 2023 and a great culture." ((in 4042 reviews)); "A lot of the work is driven by individual performance within a team environment and the pay is good." ((in 2115 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 1446 reviews)); "life balance in hardware due to frequent unplanned work travel and evening calls; bloated meetings; some poor management" ((in 1207 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and zero job security regardless of your performance" ((in 762 reviews)); "Long hours you have to wait till the last customer leave it’s energy consuming some of the customers are unrespectful" ((in 484 reviews)); "Senior Leadership on their own mission for career advancement and have little time or concern for the core workforce." ((in 450 reviews))

Microsoft Lead Program Manager reviews

4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(34 total reviews)

Satya Nadella

100% approve of CEO

93% positive business outlook

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Lead+ Program Manager employees have rated Microsoft with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 34 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Lead+ Program Manager professionals have a good working experience there. Microsoft is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Lead+ Program Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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34 reviews

4.0

Aug 31, 2012

Great place to work for long term

Lead program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Tons of interesting challenges Good pay and benefits Mature engineering and HR processes that help you do your job Ability to move around the company and do new things Great communities of employees to link up with Job security in engineering

Cons

It takes time to adapt to market conditions or change course Big organizations make it challenging to coordinate across teams Can be difficult for superstars to advance quickly

5.0

Aug 5, 2012

Great tech company

Lead program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Brilliant and passionate co-workers make Microsoft an inspiring, challenging, and engaging place to work.

Cons

Communication between groups is always a challenge at any large company and it is true at Microsoft as well.

4.0

Mar 20, 2012

Microsoft is good place to work and I would recommend it to other people

Lead program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Microsoft respects its employees and accomodates diversity It has tremendously refurbished its review model to make it more effective

Cons

Every product is integrated with other products. This works well for the customer at times, but most of the time it causes a lot of overhead for product development

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