A Visit to The Googleplex

From the Google Operating System Blog:

More facts from Google’s corporate page:

Our world headquarters building (aka the Googleplex) is located in Mountain View, California, a stone’s throw from the Shoreline Regional Park wetlands. While not all Google offices around the globe are identical, they share some essential elements. Here are some things you might find in a Google workspace:

• Local flavor, from a mural in Buenos Aires to ski gondolas in Zurich, expressing each office’s unique location and personality.
• Bicycles for efficient travel between meetings, dogs, lava lamps, and massage chairs.
• Googlers sharing cubes, yurts, and huddle rooms (few single offices!) with three or four team members.
• Laptops in every employee’s hand (or bike basket), for mobile coding and note-taking.
• Foozball, pool tables, volleyball courts, assorted video games, pianos, ping pong tables, lap pools, gyms that include yoga and dance classes.
• Grassroots employee organizations of all kinds, such as meditation classes, film clubs, wine tasting groups, and salsa dance clubs.
• Healthy lunches and dinners for all staff at a wide variety of cafés, and outdoor seating for sunshine brainstorming.
• Snack rooms packed with various snacks and drinks to keep Googlers going throughout the day.

Hmm, seems to me when it comes to blurring the lines between work and play, Google is the place to be!

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