The Google Slide
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
You read that title correct. In Google’s Zurich offices they have a slide in their building.
An awesome
shiny
big metal slide
that the employees can slide down to get to the cafeteria.
Working happy at its finest!
Raise your hand if you want to work for Google.
Yep. I thought so. That’s why working happy works. When people are happy they perform better.
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How cool! They should get a fireman pole too.
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Hey Marelisa, if they got a fireman pole then I would have to quit my job and wait at Google’s doorstep until they hired me.
I want one. I love slides.
How fun would that be?
I’ve heard their campus in California is pretty awesome too, but I don’t know if they have a slide.
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Hey Barbara, it would be so cool to see the Google office in CA. I wonder if they do tours.
Google is a perfect example of how working happy dramatically changes the quality of the work done.
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Hey Rajaie, Google is setting the working happy standard. Hopefully companies start trying to catch up.
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Hi, Karl. I found you over at Daily Blog Tips, and having discovered you, am adding you to my Blog Reader! Love your Work Happy ideas!
In addition to a slide, how about a swing? I love swings! I don’t think I can ever outgrow them!
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Awesome! I have to admit, the stodgy side of me would feel a little weird flinging myself into the cafeteria that way.
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That is a fantastic idea. What a great stress reliever.
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