Google or Msft: perks/culture/wlb?

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lnghrn

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lnghrn
Jul 11, 2021 18 Comments

Expecting an offer from both. Pay will be comparable and will be in Seattle/Redmond. Was wondering from perks, culture, wlb what are plus and minuses

Things that I have heard:

Google: better refreshers, free food, maybe younger workforce, better commute to Seattle

Msft: good wlb, been offering good amount of pto in 2021

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  • Having worked for both… Google is good for resume padding. MSFT is better for rest and vesting (in my opinion).

    Googles food has been getting worse. I suspect it will not have improved after the pandemic. I like Satya over Sundar as CEO. And MSFT has much better perks around volunteer / donation matching if that’s important to you. My favorite was donating 25$ to the charity for every hour you volunteered there. I would volunteer at my local animal shelter and they’d get 200$ from MSFT for each 8 hour shift. Lastly, goog is very Mountain View centric. Better to be at the mothership for career growth.
    Jul 11, 2021 3
    • What’s your YOE? How important is resume stats? MSFT recruiters are frothy to hire Xooglers so you could chill at Goog for 2 years then switch if you wanted.

      Google _is_ harder to get into. Depends on what you want for yourself. If you know any colleagues at either company you should leverage them to find good teams / managers. That will make all of the difference.
      Jul 11, 2021
    • Amazon
      lnghrn

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      lnghrn
      OP
      13 yoe... the commute might get tiring for me as I can walk to google campus while I would need to take the shuttle to Redmond. I know the team in msft is really chill and heard good things. Though my co workers at msft would be a lil older and more family oriented.... Not sure on google yet, but I know scope of work won’t be crazy as Amazon. I’m hoping I can get google to come up to 50k more than msft. If so, debating if it’s worth the risk that I might have to work harder there
      Jul 11, 2021
  • Wlb will highly depend on the manager and team. Culture also highly influenced by team bounding. For perks I believe Google is better.

    Overall on an average Google is better place. But do consider your manager and team culture.
    Jul 11, 2021 0
  • I keep hearing about this WLB but haven't seen any evidence of it in Azure. Goog FTW.
    Jul 11, 2021 4
  • Why do you say pay will be comparable? I thought Googoo pays much much more than msft?
    Jul 11, 2021 1
  • Google
    nooglerL5

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    nooglerL5
    As a developer, productivity is much better at G than at MSFT. Internal tools just work properly at G. At MSFT, you literally have to fight with legacy tools to get something working for you.
    Jul 11, 2021 0