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| | Microsoft Corporation |  | President/CEO:Mr. Steve Ballmer | | 34728 employees | | HQ: Redmond, WA | | www.microsoft.com |
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| Microsoft's 34,000 U.S. employees take pride in working for the biggest and one of the best-known software companies in the world alongside some of the most accomplished people in the industry. |
| The company's record of giving, its reputation, and its work environment all inspire pride among its people. Employees have access to the most current resources, from an intranet with source code libraries to periodical libraries to state-of-the-art research labs. Their work is personally challenging and on the cutting edge of technology. |
| Employees at Microsoft know they have the backing of the company to use whatever tools and technologies they need to achieve the best results possible, and their work contributes to the creation of software and entertainment products that touch millions of people every day. |
| The physical environment where they work also inspires pride; the headquarters campus, for instance, has fir trees, forested trails, snow-capped mountain vistas, basketball courts, and even shuttle buses. |
| Microsoft is also a generous contributor to community organizations: In 2002, Microsoft gave more than $215 million in cash and software to nonprofit organizations around the world, including $100 million to support the technology outreach efforts of Boys and Girls Clubs of America in a program that will reach 3.3 million children and teens. |
