There’s no such thing as a free lunch, even in the heavily subsidized cafés on Microsoft’s Redmond campus. But that doesn’t mean employees have it bad. After all, they might still qualify for a free plate at Dough Zone, a separate line for check-in at Sea-Tac, and a discounted stay at Suncadia.
The blue Microsoft employee badge has long been a kind of nerdy status symbol, indicating membership in one of the state’s largest employee communities, and privilege over the folks on the outside, including the tens of thousands of orange badge–wearing Microsoft contractors who fill out the company’s ranks.
If you worked retail in Seattle a decade or two
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