What a great piece. Apparently this email message leaked out of Microsoft, telling all about the differences between working at Google and working at Microsoft.

Google is more "fun" and "hip", but they tend not to value the employees as much as Microsoft. I do like this comment,

Another perk is the "Tech Stop", which is basically a station on each floor of the building where a worker can go to get a new piece of equipment immediately if something breaks, or becomes outdated. There are no forms to fill out or budget requests to make. "The model of repair or replace within an hour is incredible for productivity," he writes, giving an example of how: "For example, I could stop by and swap my second workstation for a laptop because I’m working remotely a lot more now. In the Tech Stop system, this takes 5 minutes to walk down and tell the Tech Stop guy. If a machine is available, I get it right away. Otherwise they order it and drop it off when it arrives."

Does your environment have one of these Tech Stops? I've never had anything like that, but it sounds pretty cool.

The article is worth a read:
http://entmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=8755