Top Ten Humorous Aspects of Google

First, the CEO teaches the secretary how to use a fax machine.

A newly hired secretary looked confused in front of a fax machine. Another colleague who was about to send a fax came over and patiently helped her send the fax and taught her how to use this complex device. The secretary was very grateful to this colleague and asked his name, he said he was Schmidt.

Schmidt is the CEO of Google. At Google, everyone has to do everything themselves, including the CEO.

Second, Google-branded colored soda.

Every April 1st on April Fool's Day, the geniuses at Google come up with some strange tricks to make everyone laugh, one of which is Google-branded colored soda. It's rumored that someone even tried to auction these non-existent items on eBay!

Establishing a research and development center on the moon was another April Fool's joke, and some people actually fell for it and applied to join Google's future lunar R&D center.

Third, Gmail affected by April Fool's syndrome.

Too many April Fool's jokes made the real ones seem fake. Gmail happened to be launched on April 1st, and many people thought it was just another clever prank by the smart guys at Google. Moreover, no company had ever offered such large capacity (1GB, now over 2GB) email for free.

Initially, this news was even considered fake by many internal employees, showing how deep-rooted the "aftermath" of April Fool's jokes really was.

Fourth, spending a month comfortably without leaving home.

A new employee who had just joined Google hadn't yet rented a house, so he lived at the company for a month. His life was much more comfortable than Tom Hanks' life in the airport (the plot of a movie, I can't remember the name). He didn't have to worry about three meals a day, there were comfortable sofas everywhere to sleep on, he could take showers in very high-end bathrooms, exercise using swimming machines and treadmills, and occasionally play the piano in the piano room, making his life more relaxing than at home. It's said that he managed to stay indoors for an entire month!

Fifth, food within a hundred feet.

Food must be within a hundred feet! This is a rule inside Google. An engineer felt this wasn't being followed, so he measured the distance between himself and the nearest food, and indeed found it exceeded 100 feet, the actual distance being 120 feet. So he humorously requested the logistics department improve their service, and their response was classic: your head is above the cafeteria, the distance absolutely does not exceed 100 feet!

Sixth, recruitment techniques beyond imagination.

If you're a celebrity or tech expert on the internet, then you've likely already been noticed by Google's HR. They'll use a little trick: every time you search for your own name using Google, you might see a small prompt in the search results — "Do you want to join Google?"

Google once put up a huge billboard on the highway leading to Silicon Valley, with only a simple question. Many passing engineers were probably curious and attempted to solve the problem. Once they solved it, entering the answer into the browser address bar took them directly to Google's recruitment page.

Seventh, the CEO shares an office with engineers.

When CEO Schmidt first joined Google, all employees did not have their own individual offices, but the employees still felt it necessary to give him a relatively quiet working space, so they arranged a very small independent office for him.

Soon, Schmidt realized his "special treatment," so he insisted on "mixing with the masses." Under his insistence, he shared a small office with another engineer. Thus, to this day, no employee at Google has an individual office.

Eighth, cows and Madonna on Halloween.

The founders of Google, like all other young people, love Halloween and personally participate in the company-organized Halloween events by dressing up in bizarre costumes. The two most classic costumes were a cow and Madonna.

Both costumes were very exaggerated, with prominent maternal symbols, causing many colleagues to curiously pull at these symbols, creating quite an amusing scene.

Ninth, space-saving swimming machines.

Google has many swimming enthusiasts, but due to lack of space for building a pool, a Google employee designed a swimming machine based on the principle of a treadmill: water flows continuously on one side of the machine, and the swimmer swims against the flow. By controlling the speed of the water flow, you will never reach the end. Interestingly, there are companies that can provide similar products, so Google custom ordered a set.

Tenth, "errand-running" companies thriving.

The "three-substitute company" described by Wang Shuo in "Rebel" (apparently substituting worries, difficulties, and problems? haha), absolutely gets plenty of business here at Google. Google spends money hiring many "errand-running" companies and individuals to help employees handle personal matters, such as vehicle repairs, license plates, etc., of course, all free for employees.