Google's Kennywood Themed Office

[RaptorBoyASU]

I thought this was pretty cool. Google's Pittsburgh office has expanded into more of the building they occupy, and the new space is themed to Kennywood. There's some great pictures in this article.

 

http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/March-2012/Google-Pittsburghs-New-Kennywood-Inspired-Office-Space-Will-Blow-Your-Mind

 

Edited May 16, 2012 by cfc

[Hilltopper39]

That's really cool, I'd love to work there (who wouldn't).

[piers]

That's really cool, I'd love to work there (who wouldn't).

 

Piers Kent.

[Hilltopper39]

That's really cool, I'd love to work there (who, besides Piers Kent, wouldn't).

 

Fixed

[STR8FXXXINEDGE]

That's awesome! Nice find!

[Meteornotes]

That's really cool, I'd love to work there (who wouldn't).

 

Piers Kent.

 

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[IrishBuckeye]

Google is the best tech-related company ever, hands down! For many reasons.

 

Drrrrrrooooiiiiiddddd.

[RaptorBoyASU]

Google seems like the best company ever to work for, but after I visited their offices, I kind of thought "not for me". It was weird to walk into an office where no one was talking, your work area was less than arm's length from your neighbors, and every "perk" was designed to keep you there longer. I mean if I had been offered a job there, I probably would have taken it and stayed a few years as a career booster, but it was far from the "dream job" I built it up to be in my head.

 

BTW, I thought I had left the scene in the conference room picture behind in college. Nerds with bad grooming standards playing Magic: The Gathering. Doesn't really embody the image of "the cool place to work" they try to promote.

 

[cal1br3tto]

Now that makes me want to get up and go ride Thunderbolt right now. Great attention to detail!

[andybarnes84]

I'd rather work for Bing in their Conneaut Lake Park themed offices

 

Seriously, who uses Bing?

[gisco]

Seriously, who uses Bing?

 

Never intentionally!

 

Kind of cool looking office Google did but the novelty would ware off in about a day.

[BeemerBoy]

Nerds with bad grooming standards playing Magic: The Gathering. Doesn't really embody the image of "the cool place to work" they try to promote.

This.

[Ed Farmer]

 

Seriously, who uses Bing?

 

Windows Phone does it's damnedest to integrate Bing into everything, so I do. I love WP7, so I'm willing to work with that. It doesn't forbid you from using Google either, so rock.

[TPDave]

^ Lets not bring this into a Goole/Microsoft argument.

 

This looks pretty cool, but I can't help thinking I'd rather work in a boring office and have them pay me more rather than spend lads of cash making the place pretty.

[ambe_bambe]

That is epic! if only my office looked like that...

[ginzo]

Doesn't really embody the image of "the cool place to work" they try to promote.

 

I think it does come across as desirable to the type of employee they are trying to attract. I don't think such a tech-intensive firm is looking for cheap beer-swilling "brogrammer" types. Doesn't Google have famous guest speakers and a high end corporate chef at their main campus? That sounds way better than any of the dumps I've worked at.