Microsoft HQ
January 8th, 2008 by Jose
You might not like Microsoft, but admit it, we’re lucky they exist. Where would we be without Word, or Excel, or Halo? In a less productive, less fun place, my friends. And today we are taking a look at the place that makes it possible: Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, where over 30,000 of their employees work.
The psychedelic mural in the lunch area is pretty sweet, and the lake’s pretty nice. We’re spoiled by all the pictures of Google, etc., but there’s nothing to complain about. The kitchen looks great, there’s foosball and a pooltable, and comfy seats. If it is a “velvet sweatshop”, and least it’s plush velvet.
Bonus points: spot the Macs!
IMAGE CREDIT: Images 1 and 2 snapped by flickr user ilikeyesterday. Images 2, 4, 7, and 8 taken by flickr user taguri. Image 3 taken by georgholzer. Image 5 by wonderlane. Image 9 by avriette.
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January 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
4 Apple computers on the 6th photo. Fake Steve Jobs would love to see that.
January 8th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Anyone else notice Evan Williams from Twitter in the 6th photo? Could there be a Microsoft-Twitter acquisition?
January 8th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
@mel
I think a couple of these were taken during some sort of conference there. If not and it does happen, I’ll pretend Office Snapshots broke the news :p
January 9th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
@Steve
Haha…sounds good.
January 11th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Who doesn’t like Microsoft? Just like most big tech companies, they’ve made some pretty cool products.
The campus looks pretty cool. I heard Microsoft lets you have free drinks anytime you want, like at drink stations in the 5th photo.
And it’s not a surprise there are Macs at Microsoft. Microsoft still does make software for OS X, and it would only make sense to have a Mac to do OS X. Or they could be visitors? Either ways, it’s just a Mac.
Neat pics. I want to see more.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
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January 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Photo 4 is not a pic of a Microsoft Office Space, it is a pic of the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle (http://www.wsctc.com).
April 24th, 2008 at 8:11 am
What the heck are 7 and 8? 7 looks like a lab. 8 is weird; I’ve heard rumors that there’s a building without private offices, but never seen it.
May 6th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Hmmm… Microsoft has some really cool spaces for the various design groups like mobile, hardware etc. Could you visit the interesting stuff next time?
May 7th, 2008 at 6:39 am
#7 is a hands on lab setup at a conference… it is not a work space.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
We are NOT lucky they exist.
May 29th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Photo 4 is not Microsoft Office! Its Washington State Convention Centre where Microsoft organizes few conferences around the year..
July 28th, 2008 at 4:36 am
It looks like they’ve got some great setup for employees there. You know what I found funny though? In picture 6, at least two of the users were on Macintosh computers. I mean, like any workplace you’re most likely allowed to have your own things if you like, but some places frown upon that. A friend of mine at a Ford factory actually got his car keyed because he drove a competitor’s car to work. This happened several times too!