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  • 25-06-2012 9:37pm
    #1
    EdenHazard
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    I've heard a few people on here make fun of the types who work in Google, what's the culture like in that freak house? :D


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    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭cml387


    Look it up on..no wait.


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    #3
    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    I'm having ice cream now. :)


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    #4
    Basq
    Registered Users Posts: 43,776 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    Mate of mine was sacked for using Ask Jeeves to look up something..

    .. no word of a lie!






    Nah, it's a lie!


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    El Guapo!
    Registered Users Posts: 12,430 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Another stellar thread.


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    #6
    [Deleted User]
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    Why would someone make fun of anyone that works for Google? Surely they would be among the best companies to have on your CV!


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    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Bing is where it's at.


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    #8
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    I dunno, just some say its full of weirdos.


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    tbh
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    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    I'm having ice cream now. :)
    You're in work at 21:40. Enjoy the ice cream.


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    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    Hey wanna work in google?

    Interview #1 you cool?

    Yeah


    Interview #2 you cool?

    Yeah

    Interview #3 you cool?

    Yeah

    Interview #4 you cool?

    Yeah

    Interview #5 you cool?

    Yeah

    Interview #6 you cool?

    Yeah

    Interview #7 you cool?

    Yeah

    Interview #8 you cool?

    Yeah

    Congrats you got the job.

    Three months later.............still cool.

    No


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    #11
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    I'm having ice cream now. :)

    Do you work there? I always thought it seemed like a cool place to work but I've heard there is some strange people that work there(from posters on here)


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    #12
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    Dean09 wrote: »
    Another stellar thread.

    I try ;)


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    Basq
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    I certainly wouldn't work for them.

    I work in a job where I go from doing a bit of website design and /or video editing one day to Windows / Mobile Programming the next day and general IT / PC maintenance the next day and so on. I thrive on this variety and it's why I'm in my present job so long.

    Working for someone like Google would presumably be a series of mundane repetitive tasks (but correct me if I'm wrong) day-in-day-out and it's not for me.

    May not be as secure as the likes of Google (but where is nowadays) so yeah, they can have their ice-cream!


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    token101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,050 ✭✭✭token101


    They're talking about bringing in a swimming pool. The only reason my employer would ever need a pool would be to waterboard people who were late payers.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Basq wrote: »
    I certainly wouldn't work for them.

    I work in a job where I go from doing a bit of website design and /or video editing one day to Windows / Mobile Programming the next day and general IT / PC maintenance the next day and so on. I thrive on this variety and it's why I'm in my present job so long.

    Working for someone like Google would presumably be a series of mundane repetitive tasks (but correct me if I'm wrong) day-in-day-out and it's not for me.

    May not be as secure as the likes of Google (but where is nowadays) so yeah, they can have their ice-cream!

    Pssst is your company looking for anyone?


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    1ZRed
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why would someone make fun of anyone that works for Google? Surely they would be among the best companies to have on your CV!

    You can't argue with that but

    I spent the majority of the summer helping my sister and friends get jobs in Australia with fake references and really talked up applications. It worked out brilliantly!

    Sure my own CV is a wall of lies thanks to http://www.bull****job.com/title/

    I've got a job interview tomorrow as well! Nice:D


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    [Deleted User]
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    I'd love to work for them, I haven't applied yet as I'm building up my CV. I'd imagine the people that make fun of the people that work there are just jealous.

    They pay very well and have great benefits and genuinely seem to look after their employees.


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    #18
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    Yeah it seems like a chill place to work.


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    #19
    Captain Darling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,542 ✭✭✭Captain Darling


    A jobs a fcuking job lads.


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    #20
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    And a holes a hole. Unless you're working for the council that is.


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    #21
    DB21
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    Don't work there, but I'd love to when I'm finished college. Consistently rated as one of the top employers in the world, and some of the perks are insane. Only thing is, you've to go through 17 interviews to get a job with them.


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    #22
    Toby Take a Bow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why would someone make fun of anyone that works for Google? Surely they would be among the best companies to have on your CV!

    It may look great on your cv, but I think the negative attitude to Google is based on the fact that you're supposed to make the job your absolute life. Hence all the benefits like the 'play' areas and the subsidised/free meals. The idea is that you stay there well past your normal working hours.


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    uberalles
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭uberalles


    So they expect you to be married to the job?

    Where are they based in Ireland ?


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    rebel.ranter
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    DB21 wrote: »
    Don't work there, but I'd love to when I'm finished college. Consistently rated as one of the top employers in the world, and some of the perks are insane. Only thing is, you've to go through 17 interviews to get a job with them.

    Part of the delays are based on the requirement to be interviewed by a panel of your peers as well as management & HR, etc.:
    - Makes it difficult when you are trying to coordinate multiple calendars
    - Consensus decisions are always going to be slow
    - Bonus payments can be in part related to the success or failure of the candidate you were responsible for hiring.

    Allegedly this is the case.


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    Unique User Name
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    2 of the people that I work with now came from Google. They said that the free food is great and everybody gains weight in the beginning. After a while they got sick of the pool tables and other gimmicks. They also mentioned that they had to work quite long hours and sometimes at weekends. Another thing they said was that it's quite a difficult place to progress in.


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    #26
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    Basq wrote: »
    I certainly wouldn't work for them.

    I work in a job where I go from doing a bit of website design and /or video editing one day to Windows / Mobile Programming the next day and general IT / PC maintenance the next day and so on. I thrive on this variety and it's why I'm in my present job so long.

    Working for someone like Google would presumably be a series of mundane repetitive tasks (but correct me if I'm wrong) day-in-day-out and it's not for me.

    May not be as secure as the likes of Google (but where is nowadays) so yeah, they can have their ice-cream!

    I guess it depends where you work within the company.


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    eth0
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    Fromthetrees wrote: »
    I'm having ice cream now. :)

    Would it be an ice cream sandwich by any chance?

    Just from looking at the messy ould lump of an operating system Android is I'd say it's a shoite company to work for, not the most ethical either - do no evil my bollix


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    DB21
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    eth0 wrote: »
    Just from looking at the messy ould lump of an operating system Android is

    I bet you think iOS is the best thing since sliced bread.


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    #29
    mikemac1
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    Lose the childish tactics and perks, just pay me more money and let me go home at a reasonable hour


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    Duggys Housemate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,298 ✭✭✭Duggys Housemate


    Basq wrote: »
    I certainly wouldn't work for them.

    I work in a job where I go from doing a bit of website design and /or video editing one day to Windows / Mobile Programming the next day and general IT / PC maintenance the next day and so on. I thrive on this variety and it's why I'm in my present job so long.

    Working for someone like Google would presumably be a series of mundane repetitive tasks (but correct me if I'm wrong) day-in-day-out and it's not for me.

    May not be as secure as the likes of Google (but where is nowadays) so yeah, they can have their ice-cream!

    Hmm, google actually allows a day a week for your own stuff. Of course people specialise in most disciplines, though, so you wouldn't get that variety.


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    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    DB21 wrote: »
    Don't work there, but I'd love to when I'm finished college. Consistently rated as one of the top employers in the world, and some of the perks are insane. Only thing is, you've to go through 17 interviews to get a job with them.

    Like what? Free google?


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