I want to work for Google

something daft already!! · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:34

I want to work there.

It looks an amazing place. I just work in a boring, grown ups building.

tom_e · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:36

I don't there's a reason it's so well stocked, they never want you to leave the building/stop working!

Bonjour · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:40

Hades · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:45

Yep. Make a place great to work and you attract the best people who are happy to go above and beyond.

wildest_jjk · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:47

tom_e said:
I don't there's a reason it's so well stocked, they never want you to leave the building/stop working!

Exactly, I know of a few friends of friends that have left for exactly this. Free food, gyms etc. All to get you there early and for your three meals a day

dowie · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:52

Have you applied then OP?

tom_e said:
I don't there's a reason it's so well stocked, they never want you to leave the building/stop working!

Not sure that is completely true, one of the founders is supposed to be keen on promoting a healthy work/life balance - they've got generous maternity/paternity packages by US standards etc.. Seem more like it is there to make the employee's lives easier - given that they're paid a lot of money and contribute to projects that make a lot of money then saving them time/hassle with mundane things like doing the laundry, getting lunch etc.. or just generally trying to have a nicer environment would be a good investment.

datalol-jack · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:52

You'd be happy to work in a wacky university campus? Peter Pan might want a word with you.

Points for the dress code though.

Google: Come as You Are and Work till You Drop!

wildest_jjk · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:54

dowie said:
Have you applied then OP?

Not sure that is completely true, one of the founders is supposed to be keen on promoting a healthy work/life balance - they've got generous maternity/paternity packages by US standards etc.. Seem more like it is there to make the employee's lives easier - given that they're paid a lot of money and contribute to projects that make a lot of money then saving them time/hassle with mundane things like doing the laundry, getting lunch etc.. or just generally trying to have a nicer environment would be a good investment.

So you think the company is doing it for the best interests of their employees? And solely this?

dowie · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:55

wildest_jjk said:
So you think the company is doing it for the best interests of their employees? And solely this?

No and that isn't what I said either. It is in their interests that employees don't all get into their cars and drive 30 mins away for lunch etc.. the laundry thing is probably US centric too. Saving people time on trivial things doesn't imply: you must work 12 hour days.

Tunney · 24 Sep 2016 at 14:04

wildest_jjk said:
Exactly, I know of a few friends of friends that have left for exactly this. Free food, gyms etc. All to get you there early and for your three meals a day

And you can bring an external guest a couple of times a month. If you know someone who works for Google, get on their case.

wildest_jjk · 24 Sep 2016 at 14:09

Tunney said:
And you can bring an external guest a couple of times a month. If you know someone who works for Google, get on their case.

Lol, I didn't know that!

Destination · 24 Sep 2016 at 14:11

Easy to offer good packages and benefits to your workers when you dodge so much tax

JBuk · 24 Sep 2016 at 14:46

People rightly complain when working conditions are poor

Conspiracy when conditions go above and beyond

Personally I would put the extra time and effort in if I had all my meals and chores done for me

Duke · 24 Sep 2016 at 14:49

Expect you'd need to perform highly to get these perks. I wonder how many make use of them after the first few weeks/months.

Em3bbs · 24 Sep 2016 at 14:52

wildest_jjk said:
So you think the company is doing it for the best interests of their employees? And solely this?

They will want to attract and keep the very best of the talent pool, so it's important to make sure they are happy.

Bonjour · 24 Sep 2016 at 15:24

It's also to stimulate creative thought.

Felon · 24 Sep 2016 at 15:30

Had an opportunity to go there not so long ago, but didn't want to leave everyone behind outright and move to Ireland, I might think about it again someday though... I have friends who work there and it is pretty immense to be honest,

Brizzles · 24 Sep 2016 at 15:30

Using a Citroen CV6 in the French Google area is racial stereotyping - I hope the employees are offered counselling.

Wonder what Google Mexico looks like ?

mrk · 24 Sep 2016 at 15:44

I can see the area where Allo was first born and its advanced features envisioned.

I can also see the area several feet away where all those features went out the window when the worker decided to climb a damn wall instead.

Dj_Jestar · 24 Sep 2016 at 15:52

There are plenty of current and former employees that have written about their experience at Google. I don't want to work there. They have (some of) the best developers in the world working for them, doing mundane work like data entry. When you attract the best of the best, you will have many talented people under utilised. They also have many idiots on their payroll that think they can swagger about because they work for Google. This is also painfully obvious when ever you talk to any of them about their products - trying to give them feedback and all you get in return is derision.