What are the best areas for Microsoft employees to live in?

It's a very subjective question, since, as others have pointed out, you haven't mentioned specifics like what 'kind' of activities you are looking for. Ideally, you would be looking to save a tidy sum as well as splurge based on your question. read more

There are two places to live: Eastside and Seattle. Short story/gross generalization: Families live on the Eastside. Singles live in Seattle. Eastside is East of Lake Washington. It includes areas such as Bellevue, Redmond, Bothell, Kenmore, Kirkland, Renton, Sammamish, Issaquah, Snoqualmie, Fall City, etc. read more

According to comments on Glassdoor, Quora, and other sources, here are the best and worst things about working at Microsoft: Best Things 5. Great salary and benefits. Microsoft employees rate the benefits package 4.4 stars out of 5. The mean pay across all titles in 2015 was $137,000, Glassdoor found. read more

Every employee also gets an MSDN account, including some free time on Azure each month. MS offers free personal web & email hosting for employees willing to beta test Office365. We get free MCP exam vouchers, so I have about 35 Microsoft certifications - just for fun. MS Press books for about the cost of the paper they are printed on. read more