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01 BE YOURSELF
Desktop gizmos and lava lamps express Google's laid-back ethos. |
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02 ASK THE HELP DESK
Laptop on the fritz? Google keeps experts on site to fix computers and
other digital gadgets. |
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03 GOOGLER WITH GOGGLES
A lifeguard sits on duty as an employee works out in one of two
swim-in-place pools at Google's headquarters. |
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04 GOOGLE GRAFFITI
Two employees break for coffee beside the "idea board," a canvas for
playfully grand designs like Google spaceships. |
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05 HANGING OUT
Googlers can shoot pool while taking a break in one of several employee
lounges.
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06 GOOD-HAIR DAYS
Google contracts with stylists to give its employees cut-rate haircuts.
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07 RULING THE NET
Google employees take an afternoon volley ball break. The corporation's
Mountain View campus is at once a flurry of playful activity and
creative technological innovation. |
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08 MARCHING ON ITS STOMACH
Google is obsessive about food, offering its employees three free
gourmet meals a day that can be eaten in a cafeteria adorned by artwork
created by Google employees. |
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09 KIDS' PLAY
There are toys for employees' children and for the young-at-heart
Googlers like this one. |
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10 HANDS-ON CARE
The work-weary can unwind with a Google-subsidized professional massage. |
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11 DOGS ALLOWED
Googlers are permitted to bring their dogs (but not cats) to the
workplace. |