In a recent blog post comment, someone asked about former workers along with the procedure for coming back to Microsoft. It had been an excellent query, so I thought I would introduce you to one I re-hired this month into MSN Lookup: Rick Grimm was a long time Microsoft employee who was here in the early days of MSN. In fact, when he interviewed he gave me trivia about the Redwest campus that pre-dated my 1997 knowledge. When he was at Microsoft prior,
Office Pro 2007 Key, he was managing a worldwide staff of 39 staff,
Office Pro Plus 2010 Key, but he left the company to take on the far tougher challenge of raising his 6 children and managing his consulting business. After a long hiatus,
Windows 7 Starter Key, he sent an email that he wanted to return,
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional Plus, and today I was glad to see him in the hallway in his first “new” week of work. I asked him his first impressions on coming back again and he said: Many people have told me that “it’s a much different company today,” and in some ways it is in terms of size. But in many significant ways it is still very much the same as when I first started in 1986. The people are still very smart and energetic, the pace is still frenetic, the ad hoc nature of the work day is the same, plus the reliance on people and the team has not changed. Sure, we release to the web now and the product cycles are quicker but many major underlying factors will probably never change. So what happens when you are a previous employee and you want to return? Not a lot different. Other than the fact that your past performance review scores are accessible to the recruiter,
Windows 7 Discount, so we make sure you left in good standing. You still have to send a resume and you still have to interview (in fact, Rick was kind enough to come again a few times for various conversations). And when you do re-start, your prior years of service are grandfathered in for vacation accrual and service awards (like that silver clock they give you at your 5 year anniversary). Other than that, you are back again just like the good ol’ days ... Welcome again, Rick! Jenna