Apple ring, glittering "headquarters" will include a world-class auditorium and an orchard engineers. Google's new bay scenery compulsory accident being campus will display the pavement point of view. Facebook, a Disney style campus, including barbecue with shed, sushi and bike store on main street, house and put the finishing touches, already planning a bigger, more exciting new campus.
, the silicon valley company than ever hope their workers on the job.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had gone so far, prohibit to work from home, and many of the office, provide a powerful incentive, free lunch, massage, gymnasium, etc.
This spring, high and new technology industry has shot up during the great depression, plans at work gave a huge, heart filled with headquarters.
"We see the ripening technology companies are trying to motivate their working environment, get rid of the cube farms and infrastructure investment, talented person's competition, said:" Kevin shaffer, mainly in the architectural design firm Gensler company in SAN jose, California. "It caused a huge change in the layout of the office."
New silicon valley headquarters or extension in the region's most major companies, including eBay, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Netflix, Nvidia and oracle, Intel is ongoing. Many people would be huge: apple's 176 - acre campus, is one of the world's biggest workplace. Outside, a lot of new buildings have conspicuous architecture design, will become the most environmentally friendly country together. Internally, there is a wall, you can reference, table tennis table, platform, game mall and free haircut.
Critics say that some career as subsidies and welfare is a good thing, big billions of dollars in the company's headquarters is a huge waste of money, snubbing leading technology, the company is actually creating.
"Company leadership tends to be very old holding, but Kevin wheeler said:" when I was in their 20 s or 30 s, they completely have the ability in their work and production, institute for its future research and talents of silicon valley enterprises human resources consulting. "Artificial structures, need everybody in the office one day at a certain time is foolish."
Wheeler, said he believes yahoo calls to return to work "became a cultural lazy, because they have been", the company is likely to ease restrictions on as soon as possible.
Actually, yahoo!, the valley of early models of happy workplace culture, selling their coffee and inspirational speakers as inspiring passion and creative ways. Today, yoga, aerobics, taekwondo and golf courses in the office, as well as the discount ski resorts and theme parks, help it to obtain the highest ratings, one of the most happy place to work in the United States.
Company said, need special campus recruiting and retaining talented people, and inspire innovation and creativity.
Have business interests and the company's financial performance, let their employees to be in a good mood. Public listing of the 100 best jobs enterprises for the major stock indexes in the United States continuously exceed, and there are more qualified applicants and higher productivity, according to the SAN francisco-based institute of excellence in the workplace. This may not always obvious, but.
"People do work really, really hard here, 'a Facebook spokesman Slater trailer said, as an engineer to glide past a row of the conference room on the second floor of the skateboard. "They must be to love what they do, if not, we prefer to people who are."
Open-air movies, he notes, Joe royal bank branch teller stood, living artists Taqueria, large screen frame. Part of the package in silicon valley, as well as the traditional welfare. Facebook provides, free train passes, shuttle bus service work, one month paid vacation, full medical care and stock options.
Welcome to Facebook employees to stop playing this Barry simulation research laboratory, large-scale laser cutting machine, woodworking tools, stamping and screen printing supplies a letters, sunny studio.
"I believe, if people think they can control their environment, lead to a greater sense of ownership of the product," Barry, who does the campus wall poster spell as said: "if you don't afraid, what would you do?" and "mobile speed, break things."
About six miles north of the launch of more than 1000 Google design bicycles at the Google headquarters, workers from one building to another. Other into electric cars, can free checked out, if someone has a job. Two young engineers in an office, a beer, shoot pool.
Google does not want to distraction Google had to worry about their life.
Pay close attention to the children? Childcare is on campus. Need to shopping and cooking? In the Google have a family dinner. Dirty clothes heap? Put it in the office. The Philippines also, so he won't feel lonely. And a climbing wall, nap pods (put down the bag, set alarm, ZZZZZ), a bowling alley and many sports venues, a variety of healthy cafe, a small kitchen, from American sign language and public speaking class. In a sharing community garden, plant seeds of Google, know that if they are too busy, gardener will pull weeds.
The company's policy doesn't require people to work in. But officials said, Google wants to come in.
"We strive to create a healthy, happy and most productive working environment, stimulate collaboration and innovation, and said," spokesman Katelin Todhunter Gerberg.
Wheeler said, today is building a large compound will be 10 years, from the current staff is difficult, and the next era will see a smaller workplace, employees are responsible for the outcome and target, and flexibility, and when they came to their office.
"When you see some of the company is how it works, they are actually in a sweatshop... they want 80,90,100 hours of work. In order to make the tolerance, of course, you must provide a haircut food and place to sleep or else people will have to go home," he said.
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