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All you need to do to thrive at google is love 5 star gourmet food. It's not uncommon to see in-house smoked bacon for breakfast, and then have quail for lunch.

All you need to do to thrive at google is love 5 star gourmet food. It's not uncommon to see in-house smoked bacon for breakfast, and then have quail for lunch. And then wild boar sausage rolls for a late afternoon snack. There is this thing: the google 25. Yeah it's worse than freshman year - you're gonna get fat bro. It is an interesting culture that's for sure.

ridiculous_fish 11y ago
It's certainly not "all you need." I love food and did not thrive at Google. The food is amazing, but food alone won't make you happy at your job.
throwaway1mctg4 11y ago
Are you still at Google? Their current food is okay, but I'd never be tempted to describe it as "5 star gourmet", and rarely see food like you describe.
- kmicklas 11y ago
  I think it depends on the office. The food in NYC is amazing and many Googlers tell me the MTV food is not nearly as good.
  - thrownaway2424 11y ago
    Like everything else about Mountain View, the food at Google's Mountain View office sucks. That office is also in a swamp, and the "city" of Mountain View offers nothing of any interest to anybody, unless colossal, endless traffic jams catch your fancy. I have no idea why anyone wants to live or work in Mountain View, for Google or otherwise.
    - ridiculous_fish 11y ago
      The food at Google's MTV office is excellent. Mountain View is not SF or NYC, but it's no wasteland either. Castro Street is fun. But the traffic is real and horrible.
- QuercusMax 11y ago
  As an MTV noogler: It's not 5-star gourmet, but it's better than most restaurant food, and certainly better than any fast food you can get. There's lots of healthy options, too, which I really appreciate, as someone trying for a noogler negative fifteen. (Really I'd like to lose 30-40 pounds; it's hard to be active in Cleveland especially during the winter. I'm planning on biking to work regularly.)

ridiculous_fish 11y ago

It's certainly not "all you need." I love food and did not thrive at Google. The food is amazing, but food alone won't make you happy at your job.

throwaway1mctg4 11y ago

Are you still at Google? Their current food is okay, but I'd never be tempted to describe it as "5 star gourmet", and rarely see food like you describe.

kmicklas 11y ago
I think it depends on the office. The food in NYC is amazing and many Googlers tell me the MTV food is not nearly as good.
- thrownaway2424 11y ago
  Like everything else about Mountain View, the food at Google's Mountain View office sucks. That office is also in a swamp, and the "city" of Mountain View offers nothing of any interest to anybody, unless colossal, endless traffic jams catch your fancy. I have no idea why anyone wants to live or work in Mountain View, for Google or otherwise.
  - ridiculous_fish 11y ago
    The food at Google's MTV office is excellent. Mountain View is not SF or NYC, but it's no wasteland either. Castro Street is fun. But the traffic is real and horrible.
QuercusMax 11y ago
As an MTV noogler: It's not 5-star gourmet, but it's better than most restaurant food, and certainly better than any fast food you can get. There's lots of healthy options, too, which I really appreciate, as someone trying for a noogler negative fifteen. (Really I'd like to lose 30-40 pounds; it's hard to be active in Cleveland especially during the winter. I'm planning on biking to work regularly.)