Cool Perks about Working at Microsoft
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Working Mother 100 Best Companies, 2009
Microsoft is #1 Best Large Workplace in Europe 2009
BusinessWeek World's Best Companies, 2009
Business Week's Best Place to Launch a Career, 2009
Microsoft is #1 in Aberdeen Group Top 100 Most Influential Technology Vendors for 2009
Seattle is one of the top 10 cities in the US by City Rating
Seattle area boasts 3 of the top 20 Small Towns in the US by CNN Money Magazine
- Unusual Benefits besides the standard 401K, ESPP (non-official, non-binding summary):
Membership at the Pro Sports Club, the largest and most complete health club in the country (several other options can be chosen instead). (You do pay tax on this imputed benefit, but there is no initiation fee.)
Prime Card, providing entry for you, a guest, and children for venues like The Children's Museum, Museum of Flight, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo for $3 each