To most people, free massages at the office and unlimited servings of gourmet food would help turn a workplace into a mini-oasis.
But to a growing number of former Google employees, the company’s well-publicised perks are not enough to keep them happy at their jobs and now they have taken to the internet to complain about the noisy massage chairs in the nap rooms and overly enthusiastic, loyal corporate following.
The confessional-type blog posts on a Quora thread show a side of the Google machine that is not often revealed, as many outsiders only focus on the perks that have helped earn the internet company the top spot on Fortune’s list of the best companies to work for multiple times in a row.
“It sounds like a First-World problem. But their food: I put on 18kg while working at Google,” an anonymous blogger, who used to work at the company’s Bangalore office, wrote on the Quora thread.
“But they also provided access to great gym within the office. One of my colleagues lost 20-30kg while I was there. But with so much food around, it was hard to resist and soon I realised that I was eating whenever I was bored or thinking.”
Some of the perks that draw people in can become their own issues within the office as well, as one post talks about the drama that erupted over noisy massage chairs in a quiet room, which kept people awake. – Daily Mail