Life in the Googleplex
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BE YOURSELF
Desktop gizmos and lava lamps express Google's laid-back ethos
ASK THE HELP DESK
Laptop on the fritz? Google keeps experts on site to fix computers and other digital gadgets.
GOOGLER WITH GOGGLES
A lifeguard sits on duty as an employee works out in one of two swim-in-place pools at Google's headquarters.
GOOGLE GRAFFITI
Two employees break for coffee beside the "idea board," a canvas for playfully grand designs like Google spaceships.
Googlers can shoot pool while taking a break in one of several employee lounges.
GOOD-HAIR DAYS
Google contracts with stylists to give its employees cut-rate haircuts.
RULING THE NET
Google employees take an afternoon volley ball break. The corporation's Mountain View campus is at once a flurry of playful activity and creative technological innovation.
MARCHING ON ITS STOMACH
Google is obsessive about food, offering its employees three free gourmet meals a day that can be eaten in a cafeteria adorned by artwork created by Google employees.
KIDS' PLAY
There are toys for employees' children and for the young-at-heart Googlers like this one.
HANDS-ON CARE
The work-weary can unwind with a Google-subsidized professional massage.
DOGS ALLOWED
Googlers are permitted to bring their dogs (but not cats) to the workplace.
