Google Bus Service - Why Working for Google?
An organization has its own shuttle bus and provide free transportation for their employees is a very common service in China. Workers in schools, government agencies or private businesses all enjoy some sort of "transportation tip" (free bus, taxi re-reimbursement etc.) on a monthly basis. However, it is quite rare here in North America. A recent article in New York Times exposed that Google is providing this service to the employees in the San Francisco region. I suppose it may be not as needed as in China since most people work in Google can afford cars but it is still a very thoughtful service due to high traffic in the cities. If you can hop onto a free ride and relax, surf on the Internet and get off right in front of your office, it's kinda nice isn't it? Anyway, the article says, Google owns 32 buses, their routes cover over 10 cities and 6 counties around SF area. The buses provide free transportation to over 25% of the employees (around 1200 people). They even have their own "department of transportation"! I googled “Google Bus”, but only could find the Korean version of “Google Bus”, but I have to say this is a great idea to keep their employees and great advertisement!
Beside free transportation, Google is doing the best to keep the employees: free cafeteria, free GYM, free rock climbing facilities, free swimming pool, free car wash, and free spa! I need to forward this to my Microsoft friends...
Korean Version of Google Bus
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