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Microsoft is generous with their employees, but stingy when it comes to defining "employee".

Microsoft is also great at dodging taxes.

Almost a year ago IBM announced they were going to cover Health Care for employees at 100%.

Interesting, I was there when they went from full coverage to the co-pay PPO/HMO model, as well as when they went from pensions to 401K retirement.

Some of this seems to be in line with healthcare reform, i.e. no-copay preventative care.

Goldman Sachs if not in parity, very close.