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- realize, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Lets say everything we see in that picture cost $1000. Take google employee average salary of say $35/hr. All they need is to have 29 people over the course of a week decide to stay at their desk and work an extra hour instead of going off to lunch one time that week and suddenly that expense is paid for. Now the numbers are just made up by me, but if it keeps people working longer ( and they would not do it if it didnt get people to work longer ) , then the money they spend on it is worth it.
- zoltan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6looks like only one person was thirsty enough for those big jugs of water
- ziggystardust, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5My high school store looked like that. Minus the water. We stored ours in a closet. I would expect Google to have pizza stations manned by cooks, fruit trees not baskets and a lake from which you could pull fresh fish. That fish would instantly get sliced and diced into sushi. Wanna talk chips? I don't want to see a small rack or a box on top of the drink refrigerator. I want Google to re-route Frito-Lay's conveyor belts straight from the factory and have them flow passed the programmers desks 24-7. Like a river of never ending chipage. I want to see massage therapists waiting and willing to rub any knot from any ones neck. I want to see Willy(mother f'n )Wonka at the counter pissing licorice and ***** Bon-Bons for the staff. This is Google. They can afford it!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Wow. Depressing. My company just canceled a one-time "doughnut day" to celebrate a product reaching a certain number of purchased deployments. Pretty sad when you can't afford to buy each of your employees one doughnot one time on a special occasion!
- TargetDog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I would like an apple and 5 gallons of water please. And I promise not to be evil.
- WolfMunroe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Seriously, those big things of water are just to take back to the office and put in the local drink fountain.
To the person complaining about the lack of fruits, look at the fruit tray and how few grapes there are versus how much grape vine there is. Somebody likes grapes. Those are loose fruits too, so that means they are either getting thrown away a lot, rotting a lot, or a lot of people are eating them.
My question is this: Does the guy who stocks the snack room get to partake of the snacks? I think the only job I'm qualified for at Google is stocking the snack room. - Lilhehe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You cared enough to post. Faked apathy is the worst kind ;)
- Chompy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was offered a job at a company that did that sort of thing. They had a gym, free snacks and drinks, the works... it all sounded great until they showed me the bunkbeds.
- Lilhehe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ziggy: Actually, if you look at the google video filmed by dateline (can be found from various video sites) they actually do have manned pizza, stir-fry, wrap, coffee, and other foods stations. Supposedly everything they eat actually is fresh (vegetable-wise). And they also provide childcare, counseling, doctors, dentistry, manicure, and pedicure. Notquite your massage therapist but that's pretty damn close.
Yea, I'm envious too. - galahan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's posted because all that food is free for Google employees, which is important for tech-workers as a comparison of _benefits_ offered by the company. It's also a regularly mentioned fact about google, and hence it's interesting to see what it actually looks like.
- Continuum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Don't forget, this is the SNACK ROOM, not the cafeteria. Their cafeteria is extremely healthy with most meals and apparently even offer several regular, vegetarian, and vegan meals daily.
- qishi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's sad that one company making a snack room is so exciting, because most businesses just piss on you. And yeah, it's also sad there's so much crap and not a lot of fruit, but maybe there's an apple orchard off camera to the left.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The thing about these snack rooms is, that despite the reputation, most engineers are smart enough not to eat nothing but crap all day long. They grew out of that in college.
Of what you see in that photo, the items that get consumed the most are probably the water and to a less degree, the diet coke. These average Google employee is in their 30's now. It's not 1999 anymore. - nymphetamine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1of course theres more! thats probably just a pic of the closet inside of the snack room.
- nene7070, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1'cept me... i hate M&M's
- Lilhehe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Why do I want to work at Google?"
Because they have an employee-centered environment where their people is what they value. Read their mission statement. Watch the videos. It's amazing. - tj9991, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I see someone had eaten one too many salted crackers and went for the jug :)
That's all a programmer needs after snacks to bring back with them to the desk, a huge jug of water to try to drink by tipping it back
Who needs the machines you put them in for fountains? - mixd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There is actually a rule that you can't have your desk more than X feet away from a snack bar. Not sure what the actual number is, like 100 feet or something. Also, you don't need to be an "insider" to see these. You can walk up to any of the glass buildings and peer inside. :-)
- ColinChapman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Gotta love there logo on the drink cooler ;D just so childish looking.
+Digg - tsupersonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Some good food, it could have been better. I love all that candy. *drools.
- meyerj88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Coming next week, an insider picture of Google's bathrooms and their Uber cool supply of toilet paper.
haha, jk. that is a pretty sweet snack room though. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does Google have an exercise room as well?
yes, in fact in a recent nbc video that was on here before, they placed treamills and exercise bikes randomily all over the place - Hitchhiker90, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does Google have an exercise room as well? How many health issues does Google's employees have? I can't imagine how much they have to pay out in insurance claims all because of these snacks.
- Lilhehe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Funny how everyone who speaks negatively seems to be writhing in jealousy. Google treats their employees well, just admit it. Trying to find little things to pick out about Google to fix your hurt ego and perception on your company is only going to make you look like an asshat.
- WillSen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice to see a pro-google article after the week of scaremongering and questioning of google's morality!
- MediaShipper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Go to San Francisco if you want to see a lot of Fruits!
- JoeDonH, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice. If I worked there, all they'd have to do to squeeze a little extra work out of me is to throw a little beer selection in that cooler lol.
- alevel27mage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0THEY HAVE PITA BREAD CHIPS!
DIGG++ - Tekmazter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I know there's a lot of crappy companies around that don't have even a basic, decent snack room, but there's nothing special about this. My 'pal' works for Lotus Development at a small site in Portsmouth, NH and their snack / break room has beer in it ... yea, BEER and it's ALL FREE TOO.
Note to google, there's a better way to expand your employees belt-line and stimulate conversation/development... ALCOHOL :)
FYI...this is a little tongue and cheek for those who are raging 'company line' toters. - snypa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that looks pretty cool
- accidental, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0been to the mtn view campus twice - there are more impressive things than that to show pics of :) thats just one of many snack areas. the cafeteria is much more impressive
- hessamz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's nice and all but I can't complain. We just made bbq at my work and i can eat anything in the kitchen, etc. oh yea, i'm on digg too, lol.
- mhaff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm a contractor that does work at a lot of petrochem, chem, and pharmaceutical plants. That snack room is nothing special. No Digg
- sgtkillmore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0dude where's the Bawls
- au071, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0all the perks, what nerd doesn't want to work there?
- Tonyisbad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0In other news diabetes is on a record high for all google employees, sources close to the google camp blame google for supplying them with FREE food, and thus filed a class-action lawsuit against the search engine giant. ****Watch its going to happen****
- curtissthompson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ jczer86 Yeah it is one of many Google is massive, that is just one of them on one floor, so that no matter where you are you have a snack room near by! Companies are really picking up on incentives like this to motivate their employees to do better work/more productive work, which in turn provides them with greater profit and greater competitive advantage which more than covers the small investment. I mean realistically I would and most people would be willing to do better/more work in a given day if incentives were given out during the day like that, that is the whole reason they hire the psychologists to help them out in this area!
- siouxmoux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So where is the Ritz crackers? This is what I snack when i google.
- Unr3a1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the candy is all stale :)
- sysmon247, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It would take more than a giant salary, great atmosphere, and free food to get me to work there. Now throw in free chair massages from topless bikini models and I might consider it.
- electronicmaji, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0they eat freaky ***** at google...bunch of vegans?
- Dcscanner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All I get is free coffee at my crappy job and there's even talk of taking that away. : (
I think I need to forward Google my resume. If anything for the free food!!! - Quakes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I feel a sudden urge to work at Google.
- Amplix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1oh boy.. Google colored jelly beans!
- mooheiferghandi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Myhmmm...I don't see a lot of healthy munchies. But wait. I used to work for Dell Home Sales. Managers would do anything they had to to keep us from leaving our desks/phones especially at Christmas short of providing adult diapers or catheterizing. If keeping the employee base sugared up like a bunch of ADD 10 year olds keeps up productivity, more power to them.
- curtissthompson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@ realize While yes it does keep people in their more often, rather than going out to eat, but the real intent is to give their employees an incentive to be more productive with the time they work everyday, rather than specifically trying to get them to work longer, as many I'm sure take their break inside and eat, without working during that time. Companies, especially large corporations alway hire psychologists to come in and discover new ways to promote better work, and more productivity, whether its through free food, or lighting, or orientation of furnature, whatever it takes to make money!
- terrya64, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I work for the 2nd largest company in the world and we have nothing for free. That's probably why they have so much cash socked away for acquisitions and the such.
- gotamd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Google is a great company to work for. It's not only the food that's free :)
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