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Why working at Google is a dream come true

Last updated on: November 28, 2012 15:06 IST

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Image: Google employee Andrea Janus demonstrates the use of the mini-putt green on the balcony at the new Google office in Toronto.
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Google ranked as one of the world's best employers is known for offering fantastic facilities to employees.

From free food and massages to Thank-Goodness-It's-Almost-Friday parties, Google offers the best amenities employees can ever dream of. 


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Image: The music room is seen at the new Google office in Toronto.
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Google recently opened a swanky advertising, sales headquarters in Canada. Hailed as one of Toronto's greenest workplaces, the office generates 100 per cent of office's power requirement from clean sources.  

Designed by HOK, the beautiful office spread across an area of 89,000-square-feet, is built using recycled materials. The office's design is based on ideas from hundreds of employees.

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Binary code is written on the wall of the kitchen that displays Google company messages at the new Google office in Toronto.

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Image: People eat in the cafeteria at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.
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The LA office has surf boards for Googlers that want to hit the beach and an outdoor climbing wall for those that prefer mountains to waves.

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Bicycles for use by employees are lined up at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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Image: Google employees take part in a yoga class at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.
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At the Googleplex, there's beach volleyball, a bowling alley, a climbing wall, over 25 cafeterias, more than 100 micro-kitchens and seven fitness centers.

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A photobooth is pictured at the new headquarters of Google France before its official inauguration in Paris.

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Software Engineer Madhava Srinivasan, 27, (L) shoots hoops at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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A view of a logo model built by employees at the New York City offices of Google.

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An employee plays with lego at the New York City offices of Google.

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Employees sit in the "Boardwalk" workspace at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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A Google employee works in the kitchen beside a structure made of recycled bicycles at the new Google office in Toronto.

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An employee takes a break to play a game of pool.

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Katharine Ng zooms in to Paris on panoramic Google Maps screens at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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Software Engineer for Google mobile photos Ken Arthur, views a scrolling employee photo collage that he helped develop in the 20% of his work time which Google employees can devote to personal projects, at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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A view of the game room at the New York City offices of Google.

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A Citroen 2CV car is pictured in the new headquarters of Google France before its official inauguration in Paris.

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An Eames chair sits in the Eames meeting room, where no technology is allowed, at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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Employees meet in a conference room at Google headquarters in Mountain View.

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An onsite gym at the Google headquarters in Mountain View.

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The rock climbing wall at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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A woman walks past a tunnel of Google homepage logos at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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An employee works in the communications office at the the Google offices in downtown San Francisco.

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An employee takes a nap at the Google headquarters in Mountain View.

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Employees in a shared office space at the Google offices in downtown San Francisco.

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At the Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA employees work in their shared offices.

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Performance specialist David Delgado, 27, demonstrates a rope exercise in the company gym which is open 24 hours a day at the Google campus near Venice Beach, in Los Angeles.

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A general view shows the "Game Room" at Google's New York City office.

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Employees choose their free lunch from one of fifteen different cafes at Google headquarters in Mountain View.


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