Googleplex

I've seen it many times on Google Street View over the years, but visiting it in person for the first time was truly extraordinary and indescribable. The Googleplex is a complex of buildings, and the one I visit most often is Building 46, with the Android statue in front of it.

We walked through about six or seven buildings. It was about 5:00 PM, and I got to see the daily life of Googlers. A few things surprised me. There's on-site hair cutting. Is getting a haircut really that difficult here, or are Googlers just lazy? Hahaha. Also, there's beach volleyball, outdoor yoga, and exercise facilities, and lots of people are participating in after-get off work activities. Rather than calling it a company, I'd like to compare it to a Chinese university. A paradise for a bunch of adorable coders.

The entire Google campus is tranquil, dotted with towering trees and a close connection to nature. Google has over a dozen restaurants for employees, all free and buffet-style. An acquaintance led me inside to enjoy a Google employee meal. They offered a wide variety of dishes.

Google employee cafeteria, where you can eat food from all over the world.

Take a look at the global tech hub! Hop on a Google Bike and stroll around the company's terrace. You'll see vibrant young employees chatting over coffee, working out on the fitness equipment, and even playing ball games. It's like a community recreation center, not a company. Everyone is relaxed, without any of the corporate pressures! Of course, we also saw the Google employees we've heard about bringing their pets to work.

Google's headquarters, also known as the Googleplex, boasts a tranquil environment, attentive service, comprehensive high-tech facilities, and a pervasive geek vibe. Nestled in the quiet town of Mountain View, the Googleplex is surrounded by towering trees. The Google logo and emblems are either placed on the ground or hung low, giving the Googleplex the illusion of being hidden among the trees.

A pilgrimage site for IT professionals, with multiple blocks and Google's own bicycles. The scenery is beautiful and it is a place where countless people yearn for work.

The headquarters of major technology companies are located here. Drive past and feel the atmosphere of Silicon Valley technology.

The scenery is nice and the gift shop is large. There are many small household items, such as T-shirts, bags, and pens.

I came to a small company with reverence, haha!

Google headquarters is open to visitors free of charge, with clear signage and a souvenir shop at the visitor center. The entire area is well-greened and beautiful, with free bicycles available for rental, making it easy to explore. It feels like walking into a campus. Work areas require a badge to enter.

It's very unique, so try to go see it. It has a very Silicon Valley feel.

Many people go to Google headquarters specifically for the restaurant. I passed by on my way to eat. If a local friend hadn't pointed it out to me, I wouldn't have noticed it. It's just a few very unremarkable buildings. It's hard to imagine such a world-renowned company being so low-key.

Silicon Valley is still worth a visit. The working environment is great. When we went there at around 2pm, the people in the park were very relaxed and nice. They explained the directions clearly and even offered to take us there. It's a great place and a great group of people!

Upon arrival, we discovered the Google campus is enormous, with dozens of buildings. I hadn't done any research; I was just passing through. The company's parking lots were everywhere, so I just randomly found a spot. I hoped to find the main building, check in, and explore the area. We didn't find it, as we parked too far away and everyone was impatient. Instead, I was drawn to the squirrels that filled the campus. They were everywhere. (I later discovered that the United States is plagued by rats.)

As soon as you enter the Google campus, you will see that there are several buildings gathered in small groups every few meters. Each building has its own number, as if you are back on a university campus where each department has its own building located in a different location.

No wonder Googlers call their headquarters Campus.

But when we drove to the visitor center, it seemed like we had entered another quiet world.

It was impossible to visit Google without an employee, and the store was closed on holidays, so I could only take photos with these sculptures in the sand. There were many regrets between the lines. It was truly a pure check-in trip.

Although we saw many people visiting the campus, we didn't find any parking after driving around it, so we drove around for a while before leaving. Later, we saw online that there's a dedicated visitor parking lot by navigating directly to the Google Visitor Center, so we thought we'd give it a try. The area around Google Campus is very quiet, spacious, and sparsely populated, making it a perfect place for peaceful research.

I was unhappy that I didn’t eat at the Google employee cafeteria!!

The park is very large, with many squirrels jumping up and down looking for food, and many ducks swimming in the river.

It's a world-class company, but unfortunately the visitor center was closed on the weekend. However, it's still worth a visit to see this giant company that leads the development of the Internet.

I highly recommend you to come here and experience why Google is such a great company. We were taken on a tour with our classmates and ate at their employee cafeteria, which was great!

There were many new Google employees that day, all wearing colorful Google hats. It must have been their induction day. We initially thought the hats were for tourists and even went up to ask.

Although there is a visitor center at Google headquarters, you need to make an appointment to visit. Without an appointment, we had to walk around outside. However, the environment at Google is really nice, with squirrels everywhere.

IT professionals might be more impressed, but laymen would just go to admire it and take a photo. I didn't go inside, but it's said to be very advanced.

The company covers a large area, and you can visit the company's history and ride Google's special bicycles for free.

After all, I'm not a CS major, and I only had a brief stint at Google. My appreciation for high technology may be limited, but the heated flush toilet seat in the public restroom still amazed me a little [face to face the wall...]

It looks very clean from the outside. Many places cannot be entered, but it can be seen that it is a place with good environment, high quality and high technology.

Google has free bikes for you to ride inside the company. It's very user-friendly.

Our final stop was at the Google campus. The gift shop was closed when we arrived. Next to the shop stood a number of cartoon statues. These weren't just cartoon characters; each one represented a different generation of the Android operating system. Each generation of Android is codenamed after a dessert. Interestingly, as each version is updated, the names of the desserts are arranged in alphabetical order, following the 26 letters of the alphabet.

Taking a photo with the Android phone next to it. No reservation is required. If you make a reservation, you can go inside for a visit.

We drove here using Google Maps and have great respect for this company that has "Don't be evil" as its core value.

Google's office environment is amazing. There is a cafe on every floor, and fruit, yogurt and coffee are all free!

There is a Baidu R&D center next to Google.

Modern and beautiful, science and engineering men and women watch the world go by as they shuttle between the buildings.

Google's corporate buildings occupy several blocks. When I went there, I felt that the iconic signpost seemed familiar. Only when I calmed down did I realize that it mostly appeared in news reports.

On the morning of May 16th, I set off from San Francisco. There were so many cars on the highway, all of them were going to work outside the city. I came here to experience the working environment of Silicon Valley programmers. I like this working atmosphere.

Google's headquarters is more like a large community. There is no obvious main entrance (or maybe I didn't find it) or boundary. It has an open space layout, and you only need to swipe your work badge to enter the building.

We went to a souvenir shop opened by Google itself, which sold various peripherals with the Google logo, as well as a huge real-life Google map that allowed us to view real-life scenes in every corner of the earth, with an accuracy that was enough to see other people's roofs.

I spent the rest of the time wandering around the campus. The employees here come from all over the world. Watching them walk in groups to the cafeteria or roadside food trucks at dinner time, I suddenly felt like I was stepping into the campus again.

It was a Saturday, and the entire campus, aside from two staff members and a few scattered tourists, seemed a bit deserted. We wandered around the campus, finding most of the buildings three or four stories high and modern in design. Through the transparent glass facades, we could see the neatly organized studios, cafes, restaurants, and more. Bicycles were scattered throughout the campus, supposedly for staff use. The central beach volleyball court was a highlight, creating a relaxing atmosphere.

In the past two years, the entire park environment is just like a campus, very comfortable.

The park has Google's signature Android robots, colorful chairs, and even colorful bicycles. The bicycles are free and can be ridden as you please, giving it a very communist feel.

I like his work atmosphere. There are shared bicycles in the open area, and there are all kinds of pictures on your phone that you can find.

A great company worth joining and learning from.

Google is the only company that provides photo-taking scenes for tourists. The Android characters are very cute, there are bicycles to ride, and there are many colorful seats in the park for people to rest. Overall, I feel good.

I just passed by and never went in to take a look!

Google's headquarters is huge and divided into many areas. There's also a computer museum nearby.

Oh, I went there for a job interview. To be honest, it wasn't as good as I imagined, and the food was even worse.

Actually, there is nothing much to visit. The impression is that it is very luxurious. As for the luxurious buffet, tourists can't enter.

As a place where global elites gather, Google's management is worth learning and everyone is full of motivation to learn.

The gardens are enormous, so large they even have traffic lights inside. I'm not sure if you can get a guided tour with a reservation. I tried going to the visitor center, but it was closed. I had to wander around the gardens on my own. The Google store was also locked, but I looked outside and the staff let me in. It was small inside, and there were few gifts. The gardens are worth spending a day exploring. Unfortunately, we had to arrive in Monterey that evening, so our visit was abrupt.

There are many training buildings at the headquarters in 2016, but few buses.

For an IT idiot, I just passed by and saw it. I don’t have a complete feeling. I can’t make any comments.

You can come here to experience the working environment of Silicon Valley programmers

How can you not visit the Google headquarters when you are in Silicon Valley? Although you can’t go inside... We went on a weekday, so parking was difficult.

Google's campus is quite large, and finding it took some effort. There were attendants checking in and out, and bicycles were free to ride. Most of the people there were Chinese or Indian, and I saw quite a few Chinese people working at Google.

Googleplex: Worship the experts

Googleplex: Worship the experts

The god-level company I have admired for a long time is different from us in the office building

We strolled to the door to take a photo as a souvenir. A Chinese girl passed by on her bike and stopped to take a photo for us.

A friend from Yahoo brought me in, hahaha, but it was already afternoon and it was empty, but the atmosphere was still there!

If Silicon Valley is your first stop on your West Coast trip, I recommend flying to San Jose for easier transportation. Tours of Google and other Silicon Valley companies require a guide (general visitors are not allowed inside). Google has comprehensive facilities, from cafes and restaurants to volleyball courts, a gym, an outdoor swimming pool, a hair salon, and a host of high-tech smart apps. It's truly remarkable how widely computer technology is used in our lives, and how well Google employees are treated. A visit here will undoubtedly inspire a passion for hard work and study (chin on hand).

This is probably the dream of many science and engineering guys, haha. Everyone who comes out of it wins... There are lockable Google bikes on campus. We thought they were like shared bikes that we could ride freely, but later the staff told us that they were only for employees... Awkward~

The food in the cafeteria is very good, find a friend to take you in

Fortunately, I didn't go in to see it, I just passed by and checked in.

During the local visit, we chose to visit the headquarters of Google and Apple, which are very modern, young and fashionable!

There is an Android park next to the park, which has some Android sculptures, which is very interesting.

As an IT practitioner and the Mecca of programmers, Mountain View in San Jose is really worth a visit!

There are unique things everywhere here. The bicycles are a Google signature, and the cars are so colorful. Employees can ride the company bikes and leave them in designated areas. Google Maps is so powerful, it made us feel at home in a foreign country. I definitely took a photo with one of the cars.

The company is huge and has a very high profile, but you can't get in. There are rows of bicycles outside, you can ride them if you want, but it's difficult to ride. The concave shape is still very good!

Google's headquarters, nestled in Mountain View, is truly beyond description. Traveling between campuses requires a car, and the strict management prohibits entering the buildings. However, there is a visitor center where guided tours by Google employees are available, though reservations are required. The vibrant, signature Google colors are everywhere, creating a refreshing atmosphere. It's undoubtedly the world's best employer for engineers.

It's very big. I came here on weekends. There were not many people. The scenery was beautiful and the colors were bright. There is also a park for dogs to play.

Google's headquarters is called the "Googleplex," located in Mountain View, Silicon Valley, California. Like Stanford University, the company has no gates and is open to the public, though employees need to swipe their badges to enter each building. Googleplex has a significant number of Chinese employees, and walking around the company, you can hear Mandarin constantly. Figure 1 shows the medical examination machines in Google stores. They can be found in everything from bank offices to alleyways. If you're interested, you can find them in your area. The photo shows our workplace: Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport. However, the machines aren't very effective; the road layout doesn't perfectly align with the building layout, and it's clear they haven't been regularly maintained. Bicycles within the Google campus are unlocked and free to use.

Visitors are generally not allowed to enter, but it is nice to take photos at the entrance and check in at the headquarters. There are also Google's own shared bicycles.

There's actually not much to see. I'd actually never visited before joining. There aren't any landmarks, just a patchwork of small houses. The campus is open, with beautiful greenery and decent facilities. But if you don't actually visit the office, you might be disappointed. Also, the gift shop doesn't seem as practical as Facebook's; it's mostly just clothes, and there's nothing for dogs.

Use the browser every day to go to the headquarters

You need a Googler to take you in, otherwise you can't get in except for the store. 😂 I asked a random employee with a sign on the street to take us in. He refused.

Google is a big company, and the various peripheral products in the park are quite interesting to take a look around.

As two IT workers, we had no hesitation and decided to go to Google in the middle of the night.



After parking my car at Google, I found that even though it was midnight on a weekend, there were still many Googlers working overtime. It was much better than Apple.



The entire park is named after the key milestones of the company's establishment, with openness and cuteness as the core ideas. Free WiFi is available everywhere in the park.



Because it was the middle of the night, most places were dark, but as soon as someone approached, they would sense and take on electricity. When you walked past one by one and saw the lights light up like a welcome ceremony, your good impression would suddenly increase.



The park is not like traditional companies with heavy curtains, and everything is bright and transparent, as if saying: Since you are curious, I will show you



Of course, to enter the office area, you still need to check your work card. This reminder is also very cute.



There are many Google-style bicycles in the buildings of the park. They are unlocked and can be ridden freely.



Of course, J was finally stopped by the security guard, who politely told him that the bicycles were only for Google employees.