We have a pool table at work, we can play ping pong and table soccer with the kids, but it is nothing compared to the new office Google opened in Zurich. If you want to work at the coolest place on earth, you need to get your CV into google. Read on for the full story and more pictures… Work at an even nicer office? Let us know in the comments because it will be hard to believe you.

Google recruits from the best¬†universities in the US and Europe and now has 12 engineering offices around Europe. At each location the develop different parts of the Google applications lineup. For example, in Israel, engineers have designed Google Trends, a feature that offers users a way to analyse and compare various search terms. In Poland engineers are working to improve the relevancy of search. And in Denmark they are developing virtual machines to improve the speed of applications. Engineers work in small teams of three or four, which is reflected at the Zurich HQ, with small offices, each of which comes¬†with the requiste ‘bean bag’¬†meeting¬†room.

One other thing that’s really “Google” are the whiteboards that are hanging around everywhere. So if you have¬†an idea, you can write it down wherever its pops you brain. I hope this is the future of offices, not only in the Dot-com world, but everywhere. It has been proven¬†that a nice working environment pays off. Employees are prepared to work harder, longer and faster…

But for now, if you want to work at one of the nicest offices in the world, Google is the place to be.

If you wan’t to pay the the new Google office a visit, this is the place to be:

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Jonas Smets

architecture

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