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"I love being a part of something larger than myself. When I am given the support needed to be successful, it is a great feeling to be able to make things happen. A real sense of achievement makes each day worth it."
Posted 10 years ago
Program Manager at VMC Consulting
in Redmond, WA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Held together with duct tape, and the blood, sweat, and tears of employees"

What do you like about working at VMC Consulting?

"The people are generally nice, and its a great place to get experience in an area you are otherwise unqualified for."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Run like the wind, and don't look back. Easily 3/4 employees are disgruntled, and looking for a way out already."

What don't you like about working at VMC Consulting?

"The company lives on the back-breaking labor of the employees, who for all intents and purposes, are vastly under compensated and appreciated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"When year after year you assign about .67 cents/person for their annual morale event the effect is anything but positive. Senior management is completely detached from operations, and frequently manipulate the employee base with virtually no over sight, follow through, quality, accuracy, or standards."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Program Manager at Paralyzed Veterans of America
in Washington, DC

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"Researched donor information and wants and needs of our veterans."

What do you like about working at Paralyzed Veterans of America?

"Interacting with donors communicating with them over the phone face to face."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No not at all just remember and be mindful that you will work the veterans and disabled people."

What don't you like about working at Paralyzed Veterans of America?

"This organization was great I can not say there was anything I did not like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I do not have any words for management at all really."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Manager at iConnect Group
in Reston, VA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Defined duties and responsibilities with clear expectations."

What do you like about working at iConnect Group?

"Was a pleasure with clear and defined duties/responsibilities. Ownership for your track was with you."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be solutions oriented and make sure your speak out your thought process."

What don't you like about working at iConnect Group?

"Too process oriented which was frustrating sometimes as it slowed down your work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remove the redundant processes and have efficient processes to ensure smooth pace."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Program Manager at Catholic Charities USA
in Cleveland, OH

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"A learning experience and good training ground."

What do you like about working at Catholic Charities USA?

"This could have been a very rewarding experience if completed."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Get a training regime for the inexperienced employees and follow up."

What don't you like about working at Catholic Charities USA?

"Disorganized in the structure of the programs, no leadership provided."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Put the consumer first in the programs work with residents."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Program Manager at Gateway Ventures
in Virginia Beach, VA

What do you like about working at Gateway Ventures?

"Loved being responsible for meeting and making productionand, repairs and shipping goals."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be willing to work hard and independently. Continue to look for better ways of doing things,"

What don't you like about working at Gateway Ventures?

"Good ideas are received and discussed openly. End results matter."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Constant communication required up and down the chain of command."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Manager at Bank of America
in Santa Monica, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Good."

What do you like about working at Bank of America?

"Name reputation is great, this is one reason I liked it."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared."

What don't you like about working at Bank of America?

"Too much bureaucratic, location too far and no restaurant in the bank."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Program Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory
in Los Alamos, NM

What do you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"I enjoyed the support from management and the benefits which they provided to employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be advised that you can be layed off at any time otherwise, it was a good experience working for them."

What don't you like about working at Los Alamos National Laboratory?

"I did not like that and perhaps more a reflection of the current DOE budgent that the company was not able to have back up work for employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would of expected management to at least be able to sit down with you prior to laying an employee rather than allowing an assistant to do so."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Manager at Microsoft
in Mountain View, CA

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"I like the great benefits, and the huge impact because everything you do impacts tons of people. I like the clear promotion/directional career guidelines."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be passionate about technology! That will take you a long way. Know your stuff, but if you don't know, better to admit it and show that you're smart and can learn well."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The ranking system does not set up others to help each other, no matter how much language they put in about that being important. I've had two managers who really invested in me and sacrificed for me, and they were both pushed out the door. The self-serving managers who play the game were the ones who did well."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Align the whole company in a clear direction - make more difficult decisions. Upper management tends to cover themselves by not committing to one thing, which is why we end up with a lot of half-baked products that don't integrate well together. People are individually doing good work, but it's not part of a clear overall plan."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Program Manager at ARES Solutions
in Fredericksburg, VA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"ARES is a great company that rewards its employees"

What do you like about working at ARES Solutions?

"Great company, flexible work hrs, great and honest management staff"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"none, just be honest, hard working, professional, willing to do what it takes to succeed"

What don't you like about working at ARES Solutions?

"Nothing, ARES is a great place to work and everyone is treated like family"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"none, however, as the company grows, benefits should be upgraded into a tier system based on position and yrs of employment"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Manager at Microsoft
in Redmond, WA

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"It was a great opportunity to work in a startup within a larger company"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I continue to have discussions with various people at Microsoft."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"Some of the employees treated contractors differently than regular employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There needed to be a stronger focus on the bottom line."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Program Manager at Microsoft
in Redmond, WA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Outstanding technology but disorganized management."

What do you like about working at Microsoft?

"The technology, the amazing people, the broad coverage your work reached."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Prepare to be strong opinion about what you're passionate about."

What don't you like about working at Microsoft?

"The management constant shifting of priorities. The constant moving of personnel."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Steady to course. Take time to look outside of your own ecosystem."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Program Manager at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
in Washington, DC

What do you like about working at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?

"I like seeing a work product go from idea to finished product. I also enjoy helping Veterans."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be sure your expectations are aligned with the job posting by asking very specific questions in the interview."

What don't you like about working at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs?

"There is a culture of self preservation and empire-building which create offices that compete with each other and distract from the mission."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would start by asking my decision makers what the greatest leadership challenge is to the org and move forward from there."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Program Manager at CitiGroup

What do you like about working at CitiGroup?

"Fast paced ever changing environment with lots of intelligent people"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be energetic, motivated and use lots of buzz words throughout"

What don't you like about working at CitiGroup?

"The hours are long and the expectation is that you will always be available."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend some time ensuring that the maintenance items are resolved, as well as doing the new stuff"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Manager at Campbell's
in Camden, NJ

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Great place to work and provided all the tools you needed"

What do you like about working at Campbell's?

"Great people and a very nice working environment and good location"

What don't you like about working at Campbell's?

"At times, there was too much travel involved depending on the project"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Program Manager at SkillSoft
in Denver, CO

What do you like about working at SkillSoft?

"I feel like a small fish in a big pond"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you know what upward or lateral moves are available.Ask about annual reviews and if salary is involved.After 4yrs I'm still on the same salary...and as far as I can tell, so is everyone else in my group."

What don't you like about working at SkillSoft?

"Everyone is overworked so people deflect everything. It's hard to find people to do their job, or find people who admit to having the skills needed to do a job to complete a project,"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make everyone feel valued and not just part of the herd!Moo!"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
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