A former Microsoft employee writes back to his old friends at Microsoft about his new job at Google: Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective. Some of the highlights:
- Lots of young people = not a lot of family responsibilities = they stay at work a lot
- Microsoft offers offices with doors, while Google prefers the ballpen approach. The writer favors Microsoft on this
- Google has less structure for career advancement and hierarchy, mirroring what our friends tell us about their Google experience
- He make a few recommendations to Microsoft, including making the food free for a huge ROI
What’s really interesting are the nasty comments below the article that accuse him of posting Microsoft’s internal secrets. Here’s a sample:
Why are you revealing what is supposed to be an internal matter?
Idiot, idiot, you should quit. You should be ashamed. Hopefully HR will figure out who the hell you are and can your ***.
I cannot believe you posted this. What is wrong with you? Makes me shudder to think what else your pathetic and bereft character would allow yourself to post. No house is perfect, we’re all a little dysfunctional.
Very, very bizarre. Read the post (and comments) here.