[existencebox]

I can't speak for Google, but as a Microsoft eng/manager, I _CERTAINLY_ keep an eye out for discussions on my product not only here but on other social channels, and will, if actionable/relevant, try to get it in front of the right eyes; you can likely find some of this in my comment history.

Full disclosure, this is not some MS policy or otherwise, and I don't want to convey that I have some deep system/make assurances that I catch everything, just to emphasize that I find keeping an ear to the ground valuable, and that peers often appreciate hearing the news as well, even if (and sometimes especially if) it's bad news.

In terms of what they "make of it", that's obviously situational, but I've usually seen it approached constructively or as a potentially novel/holistic source of insight.

[throwaway27727]

Any chance you work on MS teams?

[existencebox]

Hah, I must admit the shadow of that question crossed my mind while I was writing my post; for better or for worse I do not work for teams :) I'm currently on the power-query side of the world, and have largely worked in the data/distributed systems space.