I want to work at Google!!!

Be careful what you wish for. They have everything you need to live there for a reason, so you never have to leave. I'm sure 60 hours per week is the norm.

 

better than not having everything you need and still doing 60 hours.

 

Wow, that's awesome. Would love to work there. How do they even get work done?? I guess I have all that in a much smaller scale though.

Can play video games, take naps, watch tv, work out, do laundry, eat whatever, whenever (though food isn't free =(), plus we even have the fire poles! Probably cuz it's a fire station though, lol.

 

True, but I was distinguishing between having limited perks but 40 hour work weeks. Given the choice, I'd take that over Google's working wonderland.

 

the highlight reel of stromile swift on youtube looks nice too

 

I wonder how old this video is. I thought I read somewhere that Google has really cut back on their perks (including the free meals).

http://valleywag.gawker.com/5040986/googles-food-perks-on-the-chopping-block

 

I have friends who work at Google. They brag all day long about how great Google is, and the food in the cafeteria, etc.

It makes me not ever want to work for Google.

 

If it's anything like getting a job at Dell in Austin, all you need is a pulse.

 

Sounds great if you don't have wife and kids at home.
 

 

It's actually very difficult to get a job there. Their hiring process is a complicated mess and they have a ridiculous amount of applicants.

I had a friend that had to go from DC to NY three separate times and got interviewed by five different people, and he still didn't get the job. The thing is they wanted him to even come up again, but he finally just said forget it. It was almost like they didn't want to hell him no.

 

I worked as a consultant for a company in Sunnyvale, CA which is right next to Mountain View. A lot of the companies out there have tremendous, cutting-edge work environments. The place I was working (NetApp) was fairly similar to what I saw in that video but on a smaller scale. They were ranked a few spots below Google as far as best places to work. Yahoo headquarters was immediately next door and was also really nice looking from the outside.

 

asian dude at 4:50 was a riot.

 

Maybe it depends on what you're going in for. I applied for a sales position at Dell once. I went in and they made me take this sales test. If you've ever sold anything to anyone in your entire life, you can ace this test. The recruiter was absolutely blown away at my score and wanted to hire me on the spot. I declined the job because I only wanted to work M-F, 8-5 and the first level of sales there does not guarantee you that. That, and i just got a weird vibe being there...a "Big Brother is watching you" kind of vibe.

 

Google has always had a rep for being a great place to work. They were always used as an example of the newer methods in management.

 

yeah i'd take this. 60 hours with all those perks is like 40 hours elsewhere..

 

Almost as funny as Jay Leno.

I keed. I keed. The dude sounded like an asian Ed Grimley.

 

My friend who is a manager there is hiring an entry level "Datacenter Technician I"

Requirements include knowledge of computer hardware (component level), networking concepts, and some Linux. There will be racking and stacking of servers, repairing of servers, crimping and running cable, etc.

 

I think the pay is 40-45k