life in the googleplex. be yourself desktop gizmos and lava lamps express google's laid-back...
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Life in the Googleplex
BE YOURSELFDesktop gizmos and lava lamps express Google's laid-back ethos.
Be Yourself
ASK THE HELP DESKLaptop on the fritz? Google keeps experts on site to fix computers and other digital gadgets.
Ask the Helpdesk
GOOGLER WITH GOGGLESA lifeguard sits on duty as an employee works out in one of two swim-in-place pools at Google's headquarters.
Googler with Goggles
GOOGLE GRAFFITITwo employees break for coffee beside the "idea board," a canvas for playfully grand designs like Google spaceships.
Google Graffiti
HANGING OUTGooglers can shoot pool while taking a break in one of several employee lounges.
Hanging Out
GOOD-HAIR DAYSGoogle contracts with stylists to give its employees cut-rate haircuts.
Good-Hair Days
RULING THE NETGoogle 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.
Ruling the Net
MARCHING ON ITS STOMACHGoogle 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.
Marching on its stomach
KIDS' PLAYThere are toys for employees' children and for the young-at-heart Googlers like this one.
Kids Play
HANDS-ON CAREThe work-weary can unwind with a Google-subsidized professional massage.
Hands-on Care
DOGS ALLOWEDGooglers are permitted to bring their dogs (but not cats) to the workplace
Dogs Allowed