Working In Google vs Working In Microsoft - Difference and Comparison

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Working In Google

Working In Microsoft

Currently 3.38/5
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Rating: 3.4/5 (8 votes)

Currently 2.50/5
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Rating: 2.5/5 (6 votes)

Employees' Fav application:

Google Scholar

Outlook Express

Headoffice Location:

Mountain View,CA

Seattle,WA

Free Food:

Gourmet meals

Sometimes

Free Drinks:

Yes

Favourite Perks:

Free food

Launch Parties

Office Type:

Office

Fishbowl (lab)

Major acquisitions:

YouTube

aQuantive

Market Cap:

~ $140 billion

~ $283 billion

High end application(s):

Ads, Maps

IE, Windows, Vista

Bureaucracy:

Not much

Very Political

Competitors:

Yahoo

IBM, APPLE

Research Lab:

World Renowned

Healthcare benefits:

Great benefits

Google and Microsoft are one of the most reputed technology companies in the world today. There is a fierce war for talent between the two companies. For example, Google hired Kai-Fu Lee from Microsoft and MS retaliated with a lawsuit citing the non-compete agreement that Lee had signed.

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Google is a 10 year old company and Microsoft is 30 years old. This also translates into a difference between the average age of employees in the 2 companies. Google has a younger employee base and a more college-like work environment.