> I've heard stories that at Google, the non-engineering workers at campus may not socialize with engineers at all.
Googler for many years here. I've never heard of this kind of thing. One of the most prolific and loved content creators on the internal meme board is in sales. The closest thing I've ever heard like this in the entire valley is that at Apple they don't pay for the lunch bill of non-engineers, so having premium lunch options can feel exclusive to engineers.
One of the most widely praised decisions Google made during the pandemic was to continue to pay their vendor staff who maintain the buildings even though there was no work to be done. And they kept that promise (as far as I can tell) for the entire process even though the initial expectation was that WFH would last for a few months.
My personal experience at Google has been that people do chat with vendor staff like custodial workers and kitchen staff.
How about earlier this month when corporate asked child care workers to come back to the office to take care of your kids and refused to re instate their transportation benefits?
> > I've heard stories that at Google, the non-engineering workers at campus may not socialize with engineers at all.
> Googler for many years here. I've never heard of this kind of thing.
Not a Googler myself, but from what I heard the divide isn't between engineering and non-engineering roles, but between Google employees and contractors (and that you can tell who is which by their badges).
Last time I was there (which was admittedly like six years ago) the person I was visiting said they got some stipend to be used at the cafeteria. Entirely possible I've misremembered.
Googler for many years here. I've never heard of this kind of thing. One of the most prolific and loved content creators on the internal meme board is in sales. The closest thing I've ever heard like this in the entire valley is that at Apple they don't pay for the lunch bill of non-engineers, so having premium lunch options can feel exclusive to engineers.
One of the most widely praised decisions Google made during the pandemic was to continue to pay their vendor staff who maintain the buildings even though there was no work to be done. And they kept that promise (as far as I can tell) for the entire process even though the initial expectation was that WFH would last for a few months.
My personal experience at Google has been that people do chat with vendor staff like custodial workers and kitchen staff.