This is not where I work

[pbray]

Other areas include a games room, a library in the style of an English country house and an aquarium where over-worked Googlers can lie in a bath full of red foam and stare at fish.

From an article about Google's new European headquarters here on BBC News.

Comments

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

It's my understanding that, if memory of a previous show about their US HQ serves, Google treats their workers this way so that they stay in the office and work. A lot.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I've always assumed it was pretty much 24x7 job with commensurate burnout rate.

But I also know many talented programmers who are routinely required to work 80+ hour work weeks, in far less luxurious environments. Seems like there's no middle ground.

[davidkeck.livejournal.com]

Somehow, the world would be a more interesting place if the Googlers were sacked out in a bath of red foam staring at _a_ fish.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

One fish, two fish, red fish... Hey! Who ate the blue fish?

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

Not where I work either.

At this point, we'd settle for one computer each that does what it's supposed to do. This week that's apparently been more than the universe, or our IT department, is able to deliver.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Today I went around work saying "My name is Patricia Montoya. You killed my server, prepare to die."

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

HA!