Lunch on a Google day: Goat cheese toasted points, crisp Vietnamese pork spring rolls, fingering potatoes with scallions, a bowl of piping hot cream of broccoli soup, and exotic guava coconut juice. Oh, and let's not forget dessert--freshly-baked oatmeal cookies (pictured above) and a cherry milkshake.
For Google employees like Business Process and Compliance Specialist Jessica Chan, this is just a normal meal on a normal day in the culinary utopia that is the Google cafeteria. (Oh wait, that should be plural since there is not one, but TWO cafeterias.) Not to mention it's all free.
Google's ever-expanding New York headquarters is located at 111 Eighth Ave. The building stretches between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. There is no flamboyant neon sign on the building advertising Google's residence, so it is very easy to miss. But once inside Google's spectacular offices, it is immediately clear that you could not be anywhere but Google.
Chan, a California native and employee of Google for five years, revealed the magical lifestyle of Google employees. There are snack rooms scattered around the building that are stocked with all sort of goodies and munchies, a game room full of bouncy balls, pool tables, and TVs, a gym, a massage room, a library, scooters, etc., etc. Shall I go on?
Food is very important to Google, and its devotion is proven by the complimentary gourmet breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided to Google staff every single day. "Happy employees means good work out of employees," Chan explained.
Touring and dining at Google felt reminiscent of a fantastical adventure through Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory--minus the Oompa-Loompas, plus cute Google tech boys.
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