Life (and lunch) at Google

[yesthattom]

This didn’t happen to me. I’m just sharing the link.

Every company I’ve ever worked at has a CEO/founder that brags to the press that they eat lunch in the cafeteria with all their employees. However, I’ve found this to be a big flapping lie... until I started working at Google.

Here’s independent proof:

http://vango.livejournal.com/27673.html

Comments

[etler.livejournal.com]

Jobs eats in the Apple cafeteria very often. Some friends of mine were visiting another friend of mine there and noticed he was at the next table. They started talking loudly about various sexual exploits and almost made the guy who works there have a nervous breakdown.

My company doesn't really have a cafeteria, and we're not Google or Apple sized, but I see our CEO in the kitchen grabbing food pretty often.

[sierra-nevada.livejournal.com]

Google is young yet. This will cease when more management dysfunction creeps in by hiring idiots.

Idiot hiring is inevitable. Your only cure is identify and fire both the idiot and the idiot who hired him (or her).

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

The goal is to delay that point as long as possible.

having eaten in the google cafeteria

[cthulhia]

I wouldn't blame the CEO one bit for choosing that over what else is nearby. Google puts out quite a spread for lunch.

[qnetter]

I try never to work at any company big enough to have onsite food service, because by that time I can't have the kind of huge impact on the company's success I demand of myself. But if you're going to, this is good.

That said, I'm suspicious of any company that offers too much on-campus services or amusement. The ulterior motive is to get you not to leave the building.

For myself, even if I bring lunch, I insist that I spend at least 20-30 minutes during each workday a healthy distance from the office. It reminds me that I work to live rather than living to work.

[qnetter]

...and I'm not talking specifically about Google. I even thought it was a bad idea when we bought a game console at Sendmail.

[sexykneesocks.livejournal.com]

Don eats down at the cafeteria often. i think i've almost spilled coffee on him, i'm so oblivious.

[wakinghour.livejournal.com]

Dan Vasella eats in the Novartis cafeteria almost daily. Of course, the cafeteria is AWESOME, which is why everyone eats there *g*