tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post108956603719027446..comments2024-03-18T12:52:48.117-07:00Comments on Mini-Microsoft: Great Time for Microsoft Employees to Find Wonderful New JobsWho da'Punkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205453956191063442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-1096926425686434292004-10-04T14:47:00.000-07:002004-10-04T14:47:00.000-07:00I'm going through your archives, but I wanted to s...I'm going through your archives, but I wanted to state what happened to someone who did leave Microsoft.<br /><br />I decided that I wanted to leave Microsoft in May 2002. I had a 3.6 lifetime review average, but I was burned out after the long hours, backbiting, politics and pressure.<br /><br />I started distributing resumes to every local company I could find, and got hardly any responses. I did some digging and found out some interesting nuggets.<br /><br />Some companies see Microsoft on a resume and immediately ditch it. Others think that there is no way that they could compete with Microsoft's pay and benefits, so there's no point in bringing you in for an interview. Others remember their worst Microsoft experience, and your image is immediately tainted by that.<br /><br />I continued to send out applications and resumes at a clip of 100-150 a week over the next year and netted a total of 7 interviews, including 2 follow-up interviews.<br /><br />I finally got my current job at the end of August 2003. I gave 30 days notice so that I would be around until we shipped the product we were working on, and left Microsoft at the end of September 2003.<br /><br />Now, I work for significantly less pay and significantly worse benefits, but I'm happy and only have to work a 40-hour week. Those two things make up for any shortcoming that the pay and benefits may have.Michael Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404101180817070293noreply@blogger.com