Microsoft: Where You Can Go to Bathroom Whenever You Want To!

Zeke Odins, Principal Software Developer on Microsoft IE reveals what attracted him to switch his job and how he got into the giant MS: you can go to bathroom whenever you want to! This might sound funny but it’s surprisingly true. Here’s an excerpt from his story:

Then one day at a friend’s piercing studio in Seattle, I met this guy — he was like 7 feet tall and 300 pounds and shaved head, had a big tusk piercing through his nose and was getting his nipples pierced that day. We started chatting and realized we both worked on the East Side. This guy was like me (23 at the time, and no college), and he says, “Yeah, I work out in Redmond, too. I work at Microsoft.”

And I was like, “Oh, that’s just like a few blocks away from me. What’s it like to work there? ” He said, “Just come on by and see…”
So, I went by after work the following week. This dude is showing me around and at one point he says, “I’m going to go run to the bathroom — should I grab you a soda on the way back?”

And right there, I swear to God, it crystallized for me. I realized, you can go to the bathroom whenever you want at Microsoft.

…Yes. Yes, you can.
Every job I’d ever had, you had to ask permission to go to the bathroom. I’d worked at McDonalds, I’d worked at coffee shops, a hotdog stand … and holding your pee was actually a primary skill.

I found it to be really an interesting read.

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