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One correction and one comment: The article says cafeterias are available 24/7. That is not technically correct. The cafeterias are open for various meals on v
by cletus 15y ago
One correction and one comment:
The article says cafeterias are available 24/7. That is not technically correct. The cafeterias are open for various meals on various days (eg one might do breakfast and lunch 5 days a week, another might do lunch 5 days a week and dinner 4 days a week).
What are available 24/7 are the micro-kitchens, which have coffee machines, breakfast cereal, various snacks, sodas, ice tea, etc. It is true that these do tend to have a healthier focus but it depends on what office you're in.
Also, I don't know what vending machines there are. I haven't seen any but then again I'm based on New York (although I've spent quite a bit of time in Mountain View).
So I'm not sure how the article reaches the conclusion it does because, at least in Mountain View, it's entirely possible to eat nothing but Oreos and Kit-Kats from the MKs 24/7.
It is true however that those items do tend to be on the lower shelves.
Lastly, this article seems very focused on Mountain View but that's only one of many offices, although it is by far the largest. In New York for example there are no bikes but there are scooters (the building we're in is an entire downtown city block and one of our floors is the entire floor so scooters actually do come in handy for traversing level 4).
I haven't seen bikes or scooters outside of these two offices however.
- gjm11 15y ago> I'm not sure how the article reaches the conclusion it does because [...] it's possible to eat nothing but Oreos and Kit-Kats [...] What conclusion do you think it reaches that's incompatible with that? It looks to me as if the article says that Google's facilities encourage healthy eating, not that they force it. That's perfectly consistent with not making it impossible to subsist on Oreos and Kit-Kats if you're determined to do so.
- rbright 15y agoThere's a vending machine in 43, second floor.
- nostrademons 15y ago...which is a prank, actually. Google's first SRE bought it as a joke, and stocks it out-of-pocket. I've heard he actually loses money on it.
- skystorm 15y ago> I haven't seen bikes or scooters outside of these two offices however. FWIW, Santa Monica has a number of cruiser bikes to quickly cover the few blocks between the two local offices (or to go for a ride along the beach ;) ). And I think I saw a scooter at the Irvine office...
- Locke1689 15y agoIn Chicago, * There are no scooters or bikes * The cafeteria is only open for breakfast and lunch * The microkitchens are slightly smaller but very similar to the ones in MTV. There are a lot of "healthy" options but the choice is less eclectic. So depending on your office YMMV.
- airport_codes 15y agovery similar to the ones in MTV. Google has an office in Mota Lava?