Googleplex! A workplace should be!
Friday, December 01, 2006
The Googleplex is the Google company headquarters, located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, near San Jose.
Googleplex is a play on words, googolplex being the name given to the large number . It is also a portmanteau of Google and complex — in the architectural sense.
Here's how the life goes inside the Googleplex....
The Googleplex entrance lobby:
A lifeguard sits on duty as an employee works out in one of two swim-in-place pools at Google's headquarters.
Hairdays:Google contracts with stylists to give its employees cut-rate haircuts.
Throughout the corridors between the four buildings, there are all sorts of Google memorabilia on display. They even employ guides who specialize in explaining Google’s history to people. There are lava lamps everywhere, as well as free coke and candy all over the place. They’ve also got huge multicolored exercise balls everywhere.
Googleplex is a play on words, googolplex being the name given to the large number . It is also a portmanteau of Google and complex — in the architectural sense.
Here's how the life goes inside the Googleplex....
The Googleplex entrance lobby:
A lifeguard sits on duty as an employee works out in one of two swim-in-place pools at Google's headquarters.
Hairdays:Google contracts with stylists to give its employees cut-rate haircuts.
Throughout the corridors between the four buildings, there are all sorts of Google memorabilia on display. They even employ guides who specialize in explaining Google’s history to people. There are lava lamps everywhere, as well as free coke and candy all over the place. They’ve also got huge multicolored exercise balls everywhere.
There’s also a free laundry room for use for the staff.
hhmmm.....chocolates for employess. Eat all you can!
There’s free food all over the place, it almost look like a supermarket.
It’s all fun and games while taking a break in one of several employee lounges.
Rumor has it, a dude who had just joined Google had not been able to find a flat, so he lived at Google HQ for a month. He lived a lot better than Tom Hanks in The Terminal. Meals are provided, couches everywhere, there are showers in the bathrooms, a gym and a swimming machine. There are even pianos in music rooms you could use. Better than the facilities at home! The dude didn’t leave Google HQ for a month straight.
This looks more like a toyshop than a workspace!
There’s a rule within Google: that there must be food within 100 feet of every employee.There was once an engineer who felt a bit ripped off about that rule because his nearest food counter was 120 feet away, so he asked for the error to be corrected, tongue in cheek. The relevant department replied: “There’s a restaurant right above your desk, and you are definitely less than 100 feet from that one.”
Heaps of people have pets at Google HQ.
hhmmm.....chocolates for employess. Eat all you can!
There’s free food all over the place, it almost look like a supermarket.
It’s all fun and games while taking a break in one of several employee lounges.
Rumor has it, a dude who had just joined Google had not been able to find a flat, so he lived at Google HQ for a month. He lived a lot better than Tom Hanks in The Terminal. Meals are provided, couches everywhere, there are showers in the bathrooms, a gym and a swimming machine. There are even pianos in music rooms you could use. Better than the facilities at home! The dude didn’t leave Google HQ for a month straight.
This looks more like a toyshop than a workspace!
There’s a rule within Google: that there must be food within 100 feet of every employee.There was once an engineer who felt a bit ripped off about that rule because his nearest food counter was 120 feet away, so he asked for the error to be corrected, tongue in cheek. The relevant department replied: “There’s a restaurant right above your desk, and you are definitely less than 100 feet from that one.”
Heaps of people have pets at Google HQ.
Caution: No cats allowed in the HQ!
People’s workspaces are full of individuality, and the atmosphere is relaxed. There are couches everywhere. People can have a lie down when they need to and take a break.
Google’s staff loves sports. The big guns often have meetings at the pool table or in the corridors.
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