Microsoft reviews about "manager"

WLB, always busy so much scaling

Toxic managers will wreck your career at Microsoft here very easy with little recourse

Frequent Reorganizations: Teams are frequently reorganized to adapt to new corporate strategies, which can create uncertainty and disrupt project continuity. Team-Dependent Experience: Because it is so massive, your personal happiness largely depends on your specific organization and manager.

Microsoft Security Copilot has a deeply unhealthy culture. Management completely micromanages employees. Performance ratings are heavily dependent on individual manager discretion. Actual accomplishments matter far less than maintaining a favorable relationship with leadership. The environment rewards politics over results. Employees have little visibility into how ratings are determined, and there is no clear connection between performance and outcomes. This creates a culture where people focus on managing perceptions rather than delivering impact. The org is disorganized, priorities frequently change, and there is little alignment around long-term goals. Leadership does a poor job of communicating direction, making it difficult to understand what the team is trying to achieve. Concern brought to HR and upper management about poor management practices are not addressed in a way that led to any noticeable improvement, accountability, or resolution. Work-life balance is also poor. Tight deadlines, shifting priorities, and management expectations frequently created pressure to work beyond normal hours. Sustained workloads and constant urgency made it difficult to maintain a healthy balance over time. Despite being part of a high-profile product, the organization operates largely in maintenance mode. There are limited opportunities to learn new technologies, take ownership of meaningful initiatives, or grow professionally. I would not recommend Security Copilot as an org to anyone.

burnout, no support from manager

Leadership is technically weak in Bangalore. Especially program managers are getting promoted as engineering partners in Microsoft teams bangalore organisation especially in CMD organisation. This is degrading the quality of Microsoft. So if you're offered in this organisation better to keep away. All good projects are moving to Redmond due to these dummy people.

Lower pay compared to other companies. The promotion cycles are also delayed

No vision. Managers are selfish