Today's visit was to Google. We had to sign an NDA so I can't really say too much about it here, but we were first given a tour around the office by Raymond, a very amusing site reliability engineer whose job title reads International Man of Mystery. Google allows employees to choose their own job titles because it makes them happy, and Raymond has been around the traps long enough to appreciate the culture and way of doing things at Google, compared to his previous employers who were less than concerned with employee wellbeing and happiness by the sound of things.
It was interesting to note that Ernst & Young introduced some similar initiatives to Google when we moved into the new Melbourne building in 2007 (although our foosball table didn't survive the first day), however Google takes it to a whole different level. Some service lines within Ernst & Young require employees to move desks every few months and we get some free food in the kitchen, but not M&M's!
We then received a presentation from Ben, a Google sales analyst who discussed emerging online advertising, consumer and market trends in search marketing.
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