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more about #cubicleculture more comments → twig: You've been doing fairly well, Ryan, but you're falling into one of the classic 'Wag traps: you, like your predecessor, consistently misinterpret the ... more » pureblarney: My old roommate worked for Google, and her complaints were about the following: - Relentless, robotic corporate culture - How braindead said culture ... more » badasscat: You know, while it may pay for things like food, rent, alcohol and limousines, money really *isn't* everything. For a lot of people, there is a point... more » SNForrester: Gimme a break. The IPO was 5 years ago and the company went from 2000 to 20,000 employees since then. If people are leaving, it's because Google ... more » A Message To Rudy: Well, taking turns driving around every city in the world taking picures of every single stretch of street has got to be a horrible way to start a Mon... more » manchops: There's probably issues finding parking in those razor scooter racks on monday mornings or something (please never show that photo again of the razor... more » HenryLovesFonzie: I used to work at Yahoo! and have many friends at Google. I must say, they do have great benefits... but the politics and uncertainty associated wit... more » mimigoliath: My job makes me cry and want to cut myself, and I can't leave because I need the tiny salary that won't even get me out of my parents' house. So Googl... more » Lizawithazee: Say what you will but I'm totally stealing the hang-stuff-salon-style-around-a-corner bit from yesterday. That's a pretty genius solution for those we... more » A Message To Rudy: I somehow think an in-office DJ would get old fast. "Hey....HEY!... HEY, GRANDMASTER FLASH, COULD YOU GIVE YOUR PHAT BEATS A REST WHILE I'M ON THE PH... more » sanyucat: I am reminded of the phrase "the Emperor has no clothes." #twitter more » iplaudius: It would be cool if the software project management process somehow corresponded to the architectural layout, with the deer sculptures expressing vari... more » b4nt4: egad! this is what happens when you buy all of your furnishings from urban outfitters and the moma store. #twitter more » Claire Buoyant: modern Ikea seats These are iconic designs from Charles and Ray Eames, you philistine. #twitter more » contradicto: A DJ booth, eh? When do they start spinning revenue? #twitter more » -
#exits
What's So Unbearable about Working at Google New York?
Despite its celebrity chefs and razor scooters, Google's New York office houses a surprisingly disgruntled workforce, judging from one informal survey: of 14 Gotham Googlers profiled by Business Insider, more than a third are said to be eyeing an exit. More » -
#cubicleculture
The Eccentric Office Mrs. Twitter Helped Build
Weird pictures continue to emerge from Twitter's new San Francisco HQ. But at least now we know where some of the outré decor is coming from: the CEO's wife, a designer, reportedly helped with the interior. More » -
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The Three Weirdest Things in Twitter's New Office
Twitter employees have been uploading pictures of their new digs in San Francisco. Looks like the microblogging startup is more concerned with catching up to its rapid growth than with coherent interior decoration. More » -
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Google's New York Office Is a Glorious Catalog of Dot-Com Clichés
Techie office accoutrements like razor scooters and free food faced mass extinction at the end of the last dot-com boom nine years ago. Google brought them back in full force, judging from pictures of its New York office.
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Google's San Francisco Office Secrets Revealed by Farcical Lipdub
Lipdubs are the scourge of internet video, churned out by desperate would-be fameballers. But staff from Google's San Francisco office apparently can't resist making music videos, either. What workplace horrors made them turn to a sideline in Miley Cyrus impersonation? More » -
#jobs
Google's Broken Hiring Process
Google strives to hire "the world's best engineers,"and has crafted an "interminable" interview process dotted with puzzles and brainteasers to do so. One little problem: the process tends to give the worst scores to the best future employees. More » -
#perks
Google Honchos: Our Employees Should Be Grateful They're Not Starving in Gutter
Google used to say its lavish perks bolstered productivity and, if anything, would only grow more posh. But a recession changes things. Now the official line is more like, just be happy you're working, you ungrateful fucking pigs. More » -
#megalomaniacs
Measuring Steve Jobs Recuperation Through His Minions' Anguish
Steve Jobs really is getting better! Rumors that the Apple CEO is being an impossible bastard to his staff have been confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, to whom said staff leaked details of their torment. Old Steve is back. More » -
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Twitter vs. Facebook: Who's Got the Most Superficially Cool Offices?
Photography Lounge wondered which of Silicon Valley's two hottest startups had the coolest office. A better question: If Twitter and Facebook are such game-changers, why do their staff work in such depressingly old-fashioned conditions?
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The Twitter Frat House
Twitter's been repeatedly brought down this month by attacks from global hackers, attacks that sysadmins at rival Google managed to deflect. What better time to tinker with the elaborate process of home beer brewing? More » -
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What You Wear to a $50 Million Deal Closing in Silicon Valley
FriendFeed grew out of Google's casual engineer culture, and the team didn't bother dressing up to sell the social aggregator to Facebook for $50 million, either. This picture does indeed speak volumes. More » -
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Steve Jobs Nursing Self to Health By Being Maddening Bastard Again
Apple is poised to release a tablet computer early next year, according to AppleInsider. But first, picky CEO Steve Jobs gets to have some fun driving his engineers completely insane. More » -
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Twitter Hacker's Biggest Revelation (So Far): Employees Need Naps
A hacker compromised various online accounts of Twitter staff, and while the company insists Twitter's own servers were not breached, the attack exposed internal documents gleaned elsewhere — showing the company's hubris and employees' growing sense of entitlement. More » -
#cubicleculture
We're Firing! Then, 'We're Hiring!'
People appreciate of corporate flexibility in a recession. Fire people, hire them back, God bless you. But keep firing and hiring in an endless cycle, and people are liable to think you're as sadistic as Yahoo. More » -
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Exposed: Mystery Googler With Movie-Star Apartment
Who is the rich Google employee who bought a Park Slope mansion from movie stars Jennifer Connelly and husband Paul Bettany? The New York Times wouldn't say. But it wasn't hard to figure out. More » -
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How MySpace Humiliates Fired Workers
MySpace's CEO purportedly keeps his body pretty tight. But he should lay off the weight obsession at work. Owen Van Natta said MySpace was "bloated" when he laid off 400 workers; now they're reportedly called "fat" to their faces. More » -
#cubicleculture
Facebook Heckling Rampage By Kara Swisher
As co-host of the Wall Street Journal's $5,000/head D conference, reporter Kara Swisher demands best behavior from her guests. Invite her to your startup, though, and she'll taunt your chef, heckle bizdev and mock your taste. More » -
#therich
Bill Gates in Cambridge Slob Shocker
Notice something about Bill Gates in the attached video? Shuffling along a procession at Cambridge University, the Microsoft founder is the only dignitary without a tie. And he looks plenty sheepish about it. More » -
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Inside the Startup Office from Hell
Frank Addante, the Los Angeles tech entrepreneur, has helpfully consolidated pretty much every terrible office idea and Web 2.0 startup cliché into one place: This video tour of his online ad company, Rubicon Project. More » -
#tooglemanygooglers
No Company Vacations for Googlers This Year
To feel like a big, happy family, Google used to take everyone on an annual ski trip. The company grew so big it switched last year to Disneyland. This year, though, the All-Google trip is dead. More »
