For the love of god, could you build the thing in Hayward? Fremont? Pleasanton? Anywhere that isn't the peninsula?

It almost feels like it is strategically placed between the 101 exit and Google main campus so as to be visible to Googlers who are waiting at the off ramp...

fyi they are already located there.

> spaces to spark creativity with teammates

Uh oh. We know what that's code for.

> Focus and privacy can be found in a soundproof drop-in phone booth

If focus and privacy aren't properties of my primary, permanent space then I'm not considering it a viable employment option.

So there is an implicit promise that no work requiring focus will be expected to be done at one's desk then?

That's pretty much what an open workspace means.

Every open workspace should come with a free pair of noise-cancelling headphones.

This is how you go from cramming people in shoulder to shoulder and get them ear to ear.

This feels more the fault of local government that just lets large tech companies have their way.

If you read this: https://blogs.microsoft.com/?p=52550473

you'll see that their post does not mention the housing situation at all. I wonder where they will find all the non-engineers and execs - the janitors, the guards, the cooks, the receptionists - who are being pushed out by every acre that gets taken over by Apple/Google/MSFT.

Didn’t they recently let a lot of folks go from Silicon Valley?

Yep.

>Microsoft has begun a major modernization of its 32-acre Silicon Valley Campus, a project that represents a significant investment in more than 2,000 employees in the San Francisco Bay Area and the company’s commitment to creating the best employee experience in the industry. It is scheduled for completion in December 2019.

Two years? Damn.

seems pretty quick considering municipal approvals and whatnot.