Best Place to Work for College Graduates

For College students who are approaching graduation time and looking for the best places to work, look no further, Google is here. The darling of the Internet is the most sought after best place to work for College graduates.

Google’s headquarters is located in Mountain View, California. Google is renowned for their awesome work place. While not all Google offices around the globe are equally well-stocked, these are some of the essential elements that define a Google workspace:

* Lobby Décor – Piano, lava lamps, and live projection of current search queries from around the world.

Google Campus

Google Campus

Google Campus
* Hallway Décor – Bicycles and large rubber exercise balls on the floors, press clippings from around the world posted on bulletin boards everywhere. Many Googlers standing around discussing arcane IP addressing issues and how to build a better spam filter.

Google Whiteboard

Google Campus

Google Campus

* Googler Offices – Googlers work in high density clusters remarkably reflective of our server setup, with three or four staffers sharing spaces with couches and dogs. This improves information flow and saves on heating bills.

Best place to work

Best place to work

* Meeting – Most Googlers have high powered Linux OS workstations on their desktops. In Google’s earliest days, desks were wooden doors mounted on two sawhorses. Some of these are still in use within the engineering group.

Meeting Rooms at Google

Google Meeting rooms

Calling up

Casual Work Environment at Google
* Recreation Facilities – Workout room with weights and rowing machine, locker rooms, washers and dryers, massage room, assorted video games, Foosball, baby grand piano, pool table, ping pong, roller hockey twice a week in the parking lot.

Google Gaming Room

Google Gaming Room

play beach volleyball at Google

Swim at Google
* Google Café – Healthy lunches and dinners for all staff. Stations include “Charlie’s Grill,” “Back to Albuquerque,” “East Meets West” and “Vegheads.” Outdoor seating for sunshine daydreaming. Googlers get free food in 11 different cafeterias throughout the Googleplex.

Free Food at Google

Google Cafeteria

* Snack Rooms – Bins packed with various cereals, gummi bears, M&Ms, toffee, licorice, cashew nuts, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit and other snacks. Dozens of different drinks including fresh juice, soda and make-your-own cappuccino.

* Quiet Rooms – Need to catch up with some Zzzz. The Quiet Rooms are here.

Sleeping at Google

GooglePlex

Massage Room

Massage Room

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39 Responses to “Best Place to Work for College Graduates”
  1. DaveD says:

    How do I get to work for Google?

  2. Dan says:

    Sweet. Google Rocks!!

  3. Azami says:

    I’m indian (chennai) . Would like to know is there any google office to work there? If yes, details pls.

  4. Worker says:

    What a bunch of pussies! I’d love to see them get pulled out of their “QUIET ROOM” and have a shovel put in their hands for a day paving an interstate somewhere! HAHAHAHAHAH!

    Good for them!

  5. earl lutz says:

    They will be soo hurt when google hires indians with “high school computer science” degrees to replace them…

  6. Al says:

    I wish we had a tenth of that.

  7. Star says:

    Should rename article to “Best Place to Work for College Graduates in California”

  8. =0 says:

    Worker on June 25th, 2008 1:26 pm

    “What a bunch of pussies! I’d love to see them get pulled out of their “QUIET ROOM” and have a shovel put in their hands for a day paving an interstate somewhere! HAHAHAHAHAH!

    Good for them!”

    Just because you’re not intelligent enough to get a job where you don’t have to do manual labor doesn’t mean anything. Enjoy your narrow mind.

  9. FlipnKraut says:

    Those pictures are obviously staged. Just look at the one where they appear to be playing Guitar Hero. If you look at the screen on the wall its just the Xbox Home screen. Epic Fail

  10. DrDerek says:

    FlipnKraut on June 26th, 2008 2:00 am

    Those pictures are obviously staged. Just look at the one where they appear to be playing Guitar Hero. If you look at the screen on the wall its just the Xbox Home screen. Epic Fail

    Because you know, all models, tabloid pictures, magazines, product placement — are all spontaneous.

    Good job.

  11. George says:

    I work for Microsoft and Google is definitely at the top of my list. I know it will not only be a job switch or a career switch, but a lifestyle switch and change. Google is truly amazing.

  12. Heinz Rainer says:

    Now that’s what we call a working place.
    Wish we could go back and hang our job up the nail.
    Switching from tail to head.
    Google really did a good job, no wonder it’s a number one Company.
    Well done Google I say,

    http://mindwanderer.wordpress.com

  13. Avenues NP says:

    It’s a dream come true for most people..

  14. Avenues NP says:

    It’s a dream come true for these people.. and still a dream for people like me.. :-(

  15. JavaGuy147 says:

    Too bad im a programming guy not a web guy. And I prefer native code over interpreted such as Java. o well i guess id never get a job there but looks cool

  16. something says:

    stop repost google pictures.

  17. Kralizec says:

    I love the irony of the “Googlers” playing Microsoft’s XBox. And the guy doing laps in the hot tub is great too.

  18. christian says:

    just to mention it – the pictures appear to be from google europe headquaters in zuerich, switzerland – not from mountain view, california – except if the place in switzerland is an exact copy, which i really doubt… i’ve been there for a visit 2 month ago, and it did look like i nice place to work indeed :) plus the free meal at the restaurant was delicious!

  19. anon says:

    “the guy doing laps in the hot tub is great too.”

    thats an exercise pool genius

  20. fdaw says:

    THIS IS SO FKING GAY!!!!!!!! DO NOT WORK FOR FAGS!!!!!!

  21. yosaggregator1 says:

    cooll

  22. shane says:

    Look at the guitar picture, so absolutely posed! There’s nothing going on on the screen! It’s the Xbox dashboard!

  23. Joe Blow says:

    Google is turning into Yahoo! Doom approaches.

  24. me_init says:

    What a great place… i guess it’s work hard play hard…

  25. ben says:

    lies and propaganda fuck it.

  26. Ryan says:

    Flipnkraut and the other guitar hero morons:

    Look closely in the picture for dual fretboards on another screen.
    They are playing guitar hero, on the second screen in the background!!!!!!!!

    The screen you see is being used by the people sitting down with wireless xbox controllers in their hands. If you are going to make retarded statements, talk to someone who cares, like your state health board.

  27. aniva mainali says:

    wow i wish i to work in office like one

  28. Great pictures, just more motivation to become property of the big G.

  29. jac1818 says:

    google is the coolest

  30. nathan says:

    how many people was it that they just layoffed again?

  31. Bodge_puce says:

    Yeah sure it looks great to work there…

    But I can’t imagine you’re not allowed to go into work at 9am, do a little bit of programming, have a sleep, go to the gym, have lunch, do a little more web design, play guitar hero then go home at 5pm.

    You probably end up living there and having no life outside of work, which is well… bad.

  32. too nice isn’t nice anymore :)

  33. Cook66 says:

    Did the admin even look at this post? The images sizes are too big for the layout..

  34. Mr. R says:

    Yeah… sounds like a live-in job to me. That place looks like an oversized playground for adolescents. Obviously they know what they’re doing though- I mean it is Google, and they’re still kicking ass.

    Definitely not for me though.

  35. Mateusz says:

    nice, maybe ill apply

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