So, I’ve recently joined a company that uses Microsoft ecosystem (outlook, word, excel, teams). I’ve been using Google for most of my career and Slack for last 5ish years. Apparently I hate Microsoft ecosystem so much that I’m kind of considering quitting this job simply because I hate using Outlook, Word and Teams so very much. Everything about these apps is terrible. Am I nuts? TC: 300k
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Lol
No it sucks you are right
Do you use Messenger or Slack at Meta?
We use a reskinned messenger
You are right
What does Google use these days? It used to be Hangout or Google chat which was also pretty bad
google calendar/gmail and meetings are elite
No you are not. Everything Microsoft is indeed terrible
Hilariously, I quit a job due to the completely disjointed products a company used, all based around Google tools and SSO.
What is disjoint in Google tools? They kind of cover all office tools, plus email and calendar. HR portal is always something else but that one is less important.
It’s not the Google tools themselves, though they aren’t fabulous, it’s all the other random SaaS products they used that authenticated through Google. Microsoft has a better ecosystem of first party products (but still has a number of glaring holes unless you’re an employee, but most of our internal tools really suck).
Hit the road, Jack! And let us know how the interviewing goes when you include in your salary requirements “Must not have Microsoft products for productivity tooling”.
…must not have Microsoft products for inproductivity tools :)) Now I know what questions I should be asking when interviewing!
Exactly! I heard Alberson’s is hiring…
My last company switched to Google Workspace and it was hot garbage. The entire finance org refused to use Sheets even though the CFO was pushing all legacy apps out the door. Along with the 20 other SaaS tools that didn’t integrate with each other.
I tried Google workspace for my side project and quickly switched to M365. Complained about something workspace related on blind and some googlers tuned in just to tell me I was an idiot and didn’t know what was good
No surprise there.
Huh? You can alt+tab on Mac.
I mean… we use Microsoft ecosystem on Macs. I simply had to throw away desktop apps because they are impossible to use on Mac.
I quit because of exactly this few years ago. Worth it
You will get use to it after a while. Give yourself sometime.
Idk, it’s been 2 months and I still hate it.