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I'm pretty sure it's standard operating procedure for large companies to have company housing. I know that if you get hired at Apple or Microsoft they'll put yo

by smokinn 17y ago

I'm pretty sure it's standard operating procedure for large companies to have company housing. I know that if you get hired at Apple or Microsoft they'll put you up in company housing for up to a month while you look around for a place on your own. It's a great perk when a lot of your employees aren't local since they won't have to scramble on the week/weekend before the start to find an apartment and be stuck with the first place they could find that was available immediately.

davidw 17y ago
Of course they do, and I've stayed in company housing myself when working on remote projects. But this goes well beyond that: shuttles, cars, food at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also the way it's the Google this, Google that sounds kind of funny after a while.
- jimbokun 17y ago
  Didn't Microsoft also offer much of this? Back in the day, they were the poster child corporation for bringing kids out of college into a college-like atmosphere, in order to keep everyone on "campus" and thus more likely to keep working. Google has just upgraded the formula slightly for the 21st century.
joss82 17y ago
I had the same company "facilities" on a much smaller scale while working for HP: free HP house in the first month, HP shuttle, HP cantina,... It's great to avoid employees worrying about non-work stuff. It's a bit big brotherish in a way too, but soooo comfy. Where did I put my soma again?
- omouse 17y ago
  > It's a bit big brotherish in a way too, but soooo comfy. Where did I put my soma again? I don't understand this attitude at all. You spend a quarter of the week at work (not including travel time or overtime, 40hr work week). Would you rather work at a shitty company that didn't try and keep you happy? And really, it's your productivity that pays for that shuttle, housing, cafeteria, etc. Would you rather have it all go to the execs of the company? Or would you rather have it spent on making your work environment better?
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by smokinn 17y ago

davidw 17y ago

Of course they do, and I've stayed in company housing myself when working on remote projects. But this goes well beyond that: shuttles, cars, food at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also the way it's the Google this, Google that sounds kind of funny after a while.

jimbokun 17y ago
Didn't Microsoft also offer much of this? Back in the day, they were the poster child corporation for bringing kids out of college into a college-like atmosphere, in order to keep everyone on "campus" and thus more likely to keep working. Google has just upgraded the formula slightly for the 21st century.

joss82 17y ago

I had the same company "facilities" on a much smaller scale while working for HP: free HP house in the first month, HP shuttle, HP cantina,... It's great to avoid employees worrying about non-work stuff. It's a bit big brotherish in a way too, but soooo comfy. Where did I put my soma again?

omouse 17y ago
> It's a bit big brotherish in a way too, but soooo comfy. Where did I put my soma again? I don't understand this attitude at all. You spend a quarter of the week at work (not including travel time or overtime, 40hr work week). Would you rather work at a shitty company that didn't try and keep you happy? And really, it's your productivity that pays for that shuttle, housing, cafeteria, etc. Would you rather have it all go to the execs of the company? Or would you rather have it spent on making your work environment better?

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