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	<title>Comments on: Best Places to Live/Microsoft</title>
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		<title>By: robertgraysmith</title>
		<link>http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/19/best-places-to-livemicrosoft/#comment-10190</link>
		<dc:creator>robertgraysmith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s not forget that the Microsoft machine also drives a large number of jobs through their vendor (v-staff)  and agency relationships (a-staff) in addition to all the blue badges (direct Microsoft employee).  And we all thought it was big when I left at ~3500 employees.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s not forget that the Microsoft machine also drives a large number of jobs through their vendor (v-staff)  and agency relationships (a-staff) in addition to all the blue badges (direct Microsoft employee).  And we all thought it was big when I left at ~3500 employees.</p>
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		<title>By: ARDELL</title>
		<link>http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/19/best-places-to-livemicrosoft/#comment-10153</link>
		<dc:creator>ARDELL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seems odd that Money would completely miss Microsoft as an area employer.  Thank you both for for the resources in you comments.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seems odd that Money would completely miss Microsoft as an area employer.  Thank you both for for the resources in you comments.</p>
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		<title>By: jcricket</title>
		<link>http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/19/best-places-to-livemicrosoft/#comment-10114</link>
		<dc:creator>jcricket</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can also see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/inside_ms.mspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Microsoft&#039;s &quot;Fast Facts&quot;&lt;/a&gt; web page for more info.

60,000+ total employees
40,000+ in the US
30,000+ in Puget Sound</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can also see <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/inside_ms.mspx" rel="nofollow">Microsoft&#8217;s &#8220;Fast Facts&#8221;</a> web page for more info.</p>
<p>60,000+ total employees<br />
40,000+ in the US<br />
30,000+ in Puget Sound</p>
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		<title>By: Robbie</title>
		<link>http://raincityguide.com/2006/07/19/best-places-to-livemicrosoft/#comment-10091</link>
		<dc:creator>Robbie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MS has over 30,000 employees in the Puget Sound area. 

Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7c3aa43e-d11c-48a4-878d-191dbeb87cba&amp;displaylang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Microsoft Visitor Center Information&lt;/a&gt;.

Of that amount, I&#039;d suspect they probably have 25,000 in Redmond, 1,500 in Issaquah &amp; 1,500 in Bellevue (educated guess).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MS has over 30,000 employees in the Puget Sound area. </p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7c3aa43e-d11c-48a4-878d-191dbeb87cba&amp;displaylang=en" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Visitor Center Information</a>.</p>
<p>Of that amount, I&#8217;d suspect they probably have 25,000 in Redmond, 1,500 in Issaquah &amp; 1,500 in Bellevue (educated guess).</p>
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