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Nice try, Google, but most of us are not willing to relocate to the overpriced and not very family-friendly areas where your offices are.

xchaotic 11y ago
Also no remote work either. To be honest I totally understand Google's approach here - let the young and bright live their entire lives on campuses, dump them when they're no longer productive or want family or just life outside of work.
akhilcacharya 11y ago
Seattle, NYC and Boston aren't that bad. As well as most of the satellite offices, but it's hard getting placed there.
- stevekemp 11y ago
  Not compared to Helsinki, Edinburgh, or other places!
mehta 11y ago
You should visit Google - Orange county. It's an awesome office in a great location and it's family friendly :). (I work there)
- Bjorkbat 11y ago
  Heh, I always get a bit of a giggle when I read sentences like this that end with a ":)" or similar emoji. I have this weird mental image of your desk being being suspended above a tank of sea bass with lasers, and unless you tell me about how awesome the office is on hacker news, they're going to lower you in. So you comply, but you include that little emoji at the end as a subtle cue that maybe not all is as it seems. I really hope I'm not responsible for you being fed to the sea bass.
  - mehta 11y ago
    I think that is just a habit(or reflective of my state of mind). They do not sacrifice employees for good reviews on Hacker News (at least not that I am aware of...). /note-to-self: I should really find out if there is a hidden room somewhere in this office where this happens
- orbitur 11y ago
  Family-friendly in that they let you work remotely on occasion, or are you required to be at the office less than 40 hours a week?
  - mehta 11y ago
    Both. I have a 7 month old and just finished working on a decently sized project (amp-analytics[1]). Both my team and manager have been super supportive through the process. I don't remember when I worked full 40 hours a week (that does not mean the work did not get done. Just that I could work when the child allowed me to.) Except for working from home on occasions (1-2 days a month), I didn't work remotely much so I do not know the policies around it. [1] https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/extended/amp-analytics.html https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/extended/amp-analy...
st3v3r 11y ago
I don't know if I'd say most.
itslennysfault 11y ago
The two Seattle offices are both in fairly family friendly locations. The Freemont neighborhood and Kirland (a suburb). (I don't work for google... I just know stuff)

xchaotic 11y ago

Also no remote work either. To be honest I totally understand Google's approach here - let the young and bright live their entire lives on campuses, dump them when they're no longer productive or want family or just life outside of work.

akhilcacharya 11y ago

Seattle, NYC and Boston aren't that bad. As well as most of the satellite offices, but it's hard getting placed there.

stevekemp 11y ago
Not compared to Helsinki, Edinburgh, or other places!

mehta 11y ago

You should visit Google - Orange county. It's an awesome office in a great location and it's family friendly :). (I work there)

Bjorkbat 11y ago
Heh, I always get a bit of a giggle when I read sentences like this that end with a ":)" or similar emoji. I have this weird mental image of your desk being being suspended above a tank of sea bass with lasers, and unless you tell me about how awesome the office is on hacker news, they're going to lower you in. So you comply, but you include that little emoji at the end as a subtle cue that maybe not all is as it seems. I really hope I'm not responsible for you being fed to the sea bass.
- mehta 11y ago
  I think that is just a habit(or reflective of my state of mind). They do not sacrifice employees for good reviews on Hacker News (at least not that I am aware of...). /note-to-self: I should really find out if there is a hidden room somewhere in this office where this happens
orbitur 11y ago
Family-friendly in that they let you work remotely on occasion, or are you required to be at the office less than 40 hours a week?
- mehta 11y ago
  Both. I have a 7 month old and just finished working on a decently sized project (amp-analytics[1]). Both my team and manager have been super supportive through the process. I don't remember when I worked full 40 hours a week (that does not mean the work did not get done. Just that I could work when the child allowed me to.) Except for working from home on occasions (1-2 days a month), I didn't work remotely much so I do not know the policies around it. [1] https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/extended/amp-analytics.html https://www.ampproject.org/docs/reference/extended/amp-analy...

st3v3r 11y ago

I don't know if I'd say most.

itslennysfault 11y ago

The two Seattle offices are both in fairly family friendly locations. The Freemont neighborhood and Kirland (a suburb). (I don't work for google... I just know stuff)