Product Manager - Consultant Microsoft Employee Review

2.0
Oct 31, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I love the people I work beside. They are my family Great people attract great people I love having the freedom to experiment and fail, and still support my actions We have been asked for an opinion on a regular basis, and we are allowed to speak our mind without fear I love being a part of something larger that makes a difference. I love that everyone cares and that you have flexibility when needed I love the variety. Every day is different and I get to interact with such a varied groups/people. It means I am always learning I love that my job challenges me every day in different ways The people at this company are a pleasure to work with and make it enjoyable to come to work We all work hard and are recognized for doing so My co-workers and management team are social, knowledgeable and caring I am learning all the time, from the best people I have the freedom to think outside the box and have all thoughts considered I am allowed to grow and show my potential I am able to use my skills and knowledge as well as push myself in areas that I am unsure of myself I'm paid well, and I just love the job I do

Cons

I had a manager who micro managed. They are the worst kind because they hire someone who can do their job well yet don’t let them do it. They will also try and take the credit if the person they hired has done something great for the company. They usually have fear another person is out there ready to take their job. They usually get close to one or two people and those people are her/his spy. These kinds of managers will add stress to your life and make the whole workplace pitted against one another ( the old united we stand divided we fall ) . They like it when employees don’t get along because that gives them more control. I quit a job because of an idiot manager like this. Many told HR what she was doing but HR dropped the ball and never did anything about it and that is why there was always a high turnover there.

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4.0
Jan 28, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

1. If you love tech, this is a great place. No doubt you'll talk tech (mostly the MSFT stack) from enterprise to consumer - from PCs to phones to Xboxes - from datacenter to desktop. 2. What were GREAT benefits are now VERY GOOD (took a small step down) but still probably better than you'll find at 99% of large corporations. If you've got family - the value of the benefits is even higher. 401k match is nice. 3. Even with it's struggles MSFT is still a cash printing machine. This means if you can keep your nose clean and do reasonable work, you can have a stable job, pay your bills, feed your family, and not worry (too much) about layoffs. The stock you own likely won't tank, but probably won't go up much either. You'll get a bonus each year and some stock. It's a decent life if you aren't looking to light the world on fire.

Cons

Brand on Your Resume: After many years of losing market share and struggling to be at the front end of innovation and the fact that there's 90,000 employees, don't think MSFT is necessarily going to be attractive on your resume to more agile and smaller companies. Managing Your Career: Make you say this out loud so it registers - 90,000 employees work there. Double that for vendors. It is VERY hard to "stand out" and move up in the company. Don't expect your manager to be much of an advocate or enabler to help you meet your career goals - they are basically trying to survive the stack rank every year too. Not familiar with the stack rank? Check out the 2012 Vanity Fair article called "Microsoft's Lost Decade".

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