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.