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For employees, Microsoft also operates a private commuter bus service called Connector that provides express service from the Redmond campus to neighborhoods in Seattle, the Eastside, and Snohomish County. [41] [42] The company also runs a shuttle bus service, called the "Shuttle Connect", between buildings on the campus. [43]
MV Transportation, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, [3] is the largest privately owned passenger transportation contracting services firm in the United States. The company can provide paratransit, fixed-route, campus and corporate shuttles, and student transportation services, partnering with over 200 city and county government transit agencies, school districts, universities, and corporations.
The Microsoft Garage is a Microsoft program that encourages employees to work on projects about which they are passionate, despite having no relation to their primary function within the company. Employees from all divisions of Microsoft are free to take part in Microsoft Garage activities and small-scale innovation projects.
Many employers are also using employee shuttle buses as an alternative to personal cars to reduce emissions produced by the company and their employees. [5] During the end of COVID-19, many people were accustomed to working at home, as a result many companies began to use employee shuttles as a tool to bring people back into the workplace. [5]
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The 10-acre (4.0 ha) site was donated by Microsoft, who also contributed $1.2 million to the project and added commuter bus and shuttle bus services. [7] Microsoft's involvement was part of a development agreement with the City of Redmond for its campus expansion project. [8] The transit center had eight bus bays. [9]
At least two people suffered minor injuries when an employee shuttle clipped a passenger airplane taxiing for departure at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Friday, officials said.
Microsoft announced its U.S. employees can take unlimited time off, a perk it calls "discretionary time off," which will start Jan. 16. While this seems like a dream benefit, some experts argue ...