15 Every day, 16% of all queries in the Google search engine are unique. This means that they have never met before. Every minute Google makes 2 million search queries, and in a year the search engine processes more than 2 trillion queries (about 270 for every person on Earth).

1. Google, Google, Google...

Google owns many domains in order to minimize typing errors. Some examples are Gooogle, Gogle, Googel...

2. Google Doodle

Today, everyone knows Google Doodle - postcards on the occasion of significant events that appear on the main page of Google. And the first "doodle" was dedicated to the Burning Man festival, in which Page and Brin participated in 1998.

3. Social guarantees

When a Google employee dies, the spouse of the deceased is paid half of that employee's salary for 10 years. And the kids get paid $1,000 a month until they turn 19.

4. Digital libraries

Very popular today digital libraries. Google once again plans to surpass everyone and is going to scan all known 129 million unique books by 2020.

5. Error during registration

Interestingly, the Google company name was registered by mistake. The creators mistyped the word "googol", which means one followed by 100 zeros.

6. Fragment of the global Internet

On August 16, 2013, Google servers went down by 5 minutes. At this time, the global Internet has collapsed by 40%. Another example of the company's global significance is that in 2010, Nicaraguan troops accidentally invaded Costa Rica due to a bug in Google Maps.

7.Gmail

Since Gmail first launched on April 1, 2004, many people thought it was an April Fool's Day joke. Moreover, Gmail immediately at launch provided users with an incredible 1 GB mailbox. And in 2004, Hotmail offered a mailbox with a size of only 2MB.

8. Traffic on Google Maps

Just one Google search requires more computing power than it took to send Apollo 11 to the moon. Also, few people know that road traffic on Google Maps is calculated by tracking how fast devices running on operating system Android, moving around on the roads.

9. Calico is immortality

Google has been acquiring an average of 2 companies per month since 2010. And in 2013, Google founded Calico, an anti-ageing company that hopes to eventually "cure" death.

10. The first server case from LEGO

The body of the first Google server was made from... LEGO. Today, Google is developing artificial intelligence"- a computer that can program itself. It is also interesting that the total size of the Google Earth database is over 20 petabytes.

11. Website in Klingon language

The following fact will make all geeks triumph. Google has a version of their website translated into the Klingon language... a fictional alien civilization from Star Trek.

12. I'm lucky!

Google offers employees free condoms, which are colored blue, red, green, and yellow (the colors of the company's logo). They are also imprinted with the slogan "I'm lucky!".

13. "BackRub"

Google was originally called "BackRub". In 1999, the founders of Google actually tried to sell it to Excite for just $1 million, but Excite refused to buy it. It is also interesting that the woman who rented out her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, at the time they were starting their company, later became CEO YouTube.

14. YouTube

Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion just 18 months after YouTube was created. Interestingly, YouTube is the second largest search engine, right after Google, and it receives more queries daily than Bing, Yahoo! and Ask combined.

USING THE GOOGLE DOCS SERVICE TO ORGANIZE GROUP WORK ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE LESSON "INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES"

Dronova Ekaterina Nikolaevna
Altai State Pedagogical University
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department theoretical foundations informatics

annotation
The article describes the organizational forms of learning (frontal, group, individual), reveals the potential of the Google Docs service for organizing group work. The experience of using the Google Docs service for organizing group work is presented on the example of the lesson "Introduction to databases".

THE SERVICE GOOGLE DOCS FOR GROUP WORK SESSIONS ON THE EXAMPLE OF "INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES"

Dronova Catherine Nikolaevna
Altaian State Pedagogical University
candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor of department of theoretical bases of informatics

Abstract
The article described the organizational forms of training (frontal, group, individual), unlock the potential of the service Google Docs for the organization of group forms of work. The experience of using the service Google Docs for group work sessions on the example of "Introduction to the database".

Bibliographic link to the article:
Dronova E.N. Using the Google Docs service to organize work by a group on the example of the lesson "Introduction to databases" // Modern equipment and technologies. 2015. No. 4 [Electronic resource]..02.2019).

In modern didactics, the following organizational forms of education are distinguished: frontal, group and individual.

Frontal form of education characterized by joint educational and cognitive activity of all students, a single pace of work of the whole class. The effectiveness of this organizational form of learning depends on the skill of the teacher to keep the whole class in sight and see each student at the same time. An inevitable consequence of this organizational form is the orientation towards the "average" student, as a result of which some students lag behind the given general pace of educational and cognitive activity, while others are frankly bored.

In comparison with the frontal form of education individual training has opposite characteristics. Individual organizational form is focused on the individual characteristics of a particular student, his abilities, the individual pace of educational and cognitive activity. Individual training does not involve contact with other participants pedagogical process, in fact, it is an independent implementation of any educational tasks. As a result, smoothing out the main "disadvantage" of the frontal form of education here entails another - a lack of communication between the participants in the pedagogical process, the inability of students to work in a team.

The aim is to resolve the contradiction group form of education. This organizational form allows not only to individually adjust the volume and pace academic work, but also enables the organization joint activities members of the same group. The group form of training allows the learning process to give the character of a search, research activities, during which there is an exchange of views, the search for objective arguments in defense of any position, the formation of the ability of mutual control and mutual evaluation of ongoing educational and cognitive activities.

However, it should be noted that the group form of education will be really effective, provided that the students have experience of working in a group. Unfortunately, today the group form of education is not widespread and occupies a very modest place among other organizational forms.

At present, the expansion of the boundaries of the use of a group organizational form is facilitated by the use information technologies in educational process. They allow “to organize cognitive activity more actively in comparison with ordinary classes, to influence such psychological processes as perception, thinking, memorization, assimilation of information. This article will present the experience of organizing group work using the Google Docs service.

Google docs is a free online office that includes word and spreadsheet processors, a service for creating presentations, forms, drawings and other applications, as well as an online cloud storage service with file sharing functions developed by Google. Let us characterize the series its benefits.

1. The service allows you to immediately start working with online office applications in case this moment the office suite of applications is not installed on the working computer, while the documents created by the user are saved on a special Google server and can be exported to a file (document import is also supported).

2. The service allows several users to simultaneously work with the same document, which allows you to effectively organize the joint work of a group of people (including those who are physically distant from each other). Wherein:

- all changes in the process of collaborating with a document are displayed in real time in the place where editing takes place, and there is no "Save" button on the toolbar in applications, all changes are saved automatically. The documents keep track of the history of changes with the possibility of opening them in preview mode or downloading to a computer;

- a chat is available in the sidebar, so you can have a discussion in the document, users can also comment on the text;

– document access rights are easy to manage: you can open general access to the document, as well as add a user and specify his access level (editing, commenting, reading) (Fig. 1); User contacts can be easily combined into groups, which makes the distribution of rights over the document more efficient.

Figure 1 - Dialog box for setting access to a document in the Google Docs service

3. Synchronization of Google documents with the Google Drive folder on your computer is supported, provided that the Google Drive application is installed, which allows you to edit documents not only online, but also offline.

In addition to the above, I would like to add that the Google Docs service has an intuitive interface and a Russian-language reference guide: https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en#topic=14940 .

As an example illustrating the use of the capabilities of the Google Docs service for organizing group work in the educational process, we present a summary of the lesson on the topic "Introduction to databases".

This lesson was held within the framework of the discipline "Computer Software" in the 2nd year for students of the specialty "Mathematics and Informatics" at the Institute of Physics and Mathematics Education of the Altai State Pedagogical University. This discipline is an elective course and is aimed at the formation of systemic knowledge among students about modern software COMPUTER. According to work program discipline the topic "Database Management Systems" is considered after studying following topics: "LibreOffice Writer word processor", "LibreOffice Math formula editor", "LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet processor", "LibreOffice Impress presentation editor", "LibreOffice Draw graphics editor". The formation of practical skills in working with a database management system was carried out with the help of the LibreOffice Base DBMS.

The lesson presented below was the first practical lesson for students after listening to the lecture material on the topic "Database Management Systems".

It should be noted that the Google Docs service was used in the class for the first time, although some students in the group were already familiar with it before. In order to better organize the work in the lesson, it is advisable to ask all students to register with google before it starts and report their account, which was done. After that, a text document was created with the accounts of all students in the group and access was made available to everyone to read this document.

Lesson topic:"Introduction to Databases".

Duration: 2 hours.

Lesson form: laboratory work.

Form of organization learning activities: group work using the Google Docs service.

Target: formation of ideas about databases, about database management systems; Acquaintance with the capabilities of the Google Docs service for organizing group work.

Lesson structure

1. Organizing moment (2 min.)

2. Setting the goal of the lesson (1 min.).

3. Actualization of knowledge (2 min.).

4. Individual work(5 minutes.).

5. Group work (75 min.).

6. Staging homework(2 minutes.).

7. Summing up the lesson (3 min.).

Lesson progress

1. Organizing moment

Activating the attention of students, checking those present at the lesson.

2. Setting the goal of the lesson

Setting the goal of the lesson a brief description of lesson structures.

3. Updating knowledge

1. What are the benefits of Google Docs? (Answer: allows the user to store their data on servers in the cloud and share it with other users on the Internet.)

2. What is the first thing you need to do in order for a new user to be able to start working with Google Drive? (Answer: create a google account.)

4. Individual work

1. Go to your google mail.

2. In the upper right corner of the screen, click on the "Services" button and select "Disk".

3. Examine the interface of the opened window.

4. What documents does Google Docs allow you to create a virtual office? (Answer: text document, presentation, spreadsheet, form, drawing).

5. Create a text document. Write in it the sentence "It's my birthday ..., and yours?" and open access for editing to the neighbor on the right (command File>Share). Wait until the neighbor on the left gives you access to edit his text document and answer his question about the date of your birthday.

5. Group work

Students are divided into groups of 3-4 people. Each group defines speaker, opponent, expert.Speaker takes a leading position, organizes the joint work of a small group. Opponent monitors the content of the work, formulates questions on the information provided. Expert forms a value judgment based on the results of the group's work, compares the work of the group with the work of other groups.

First task for groups (theoretical)

Jointly prepare a presentation, the slides of which will contain answers to the theoretical questions posed on the topic "Databases" (Table 1). When preparing a presentation, use lectures, educational literature offered to you, and the Internet.

Table 1 - The content of theoretical questions for groups

1 group	2 group	3 group
1. Definition information system. Examples of information systems. 2. Database definition. 3. Functions of the information system. 4. Different classifications of databases.	1. Basic concepts of the database (object, attribute, key field). 2. Definition of hierarchical, network, relational databases. Examples. 3. Basic concepts of a relational database (field, record, key field). 4. Types of relationships in a relational database (1:1; 1:M; M:M).	1. The concept of normalization of relations in a relational database. 2. Stages of database creation. 3. Definition of a database management system. 4. Types of objects in DBMS Base (tables, queries, forms, reports).

After completing the work, open access for reading the developed presentation to all students in the group. Time for groups to work on the presentation: 12-15 minutes.

An important result of the work on the first task is database creation steps:

1) determining the purpose of creating a database(at this stage, it is necessary to determine the purpose of the database, how it will be used, what information it should contain);

2) defining the tables that the database should contain(determining the tables needed in the database can be the most difficult step in the database design process, since the results that the database should produce: reports, forms, etc. - do not always give a complete picture of the structure of the tables from which they are created.

Basic principles for the development of tables:

– information should not be duplicated in a table or between tables;

- data stored in only one table is updated only in this table, thereby eliminating the possibility of duplicating records;

– each table should contain information on only one topic (work independently of other topics);

3) determination of the fields required in the table(each table contains information on a specific topic, and each field in the table contains a specific fact on the topic of the table, and: the contents of the fields should be divided into the smallest logical units, it is not recommended to include data in the table that is the result of an expression);

4) defining fields with unique values ​​in each record(each database table must contain fields or a set of fields that uniquely identify each record, that is, the primary key);

5) defining relationships between tables(after splitting the information into tables and defining the key fields, you must choose the way the DBMS will combine related information);

6) improvement of the database structure(it is necessary to review the structure of the database again and identify possible shortcomings);

7) data entry and creation of other database objects(if the table structures meet the requirements, then you can enter all the data, and then create all the necessary queries, forms and reports).

Second task for groups (practical)

Develop database table structures (Table 2), key fields, and establish relationships between tables. Arrange the work in the form of a diagram on the last slide of your presentation (Fig. 2). For the fields of each table, indicate their type (Tables 3, 4).

Table 2 - Subjects of databases for groups

1 group	2 group	3 group
Subject area: library Type of publication (book, magazine, newspaper, etc.); Name; The year of publishing; Is it a new edition; Library card number; Full name of the reader; Address and phone number of the reader; Date of issue of the publication to the reader; Date of delivery of the publication by the reader	Subject area: applicants Minimum list of characteristics: Full name of the applicant; Date of Birth; Information about previous education; Faculty for which the application is submitted; The specialty for which the application is submitted; The number of points for each of the three entrance exams; Is the applicant a medalist; Applicant's address and phone number; Date of submission of documents to the selection committee	Subject area: Minimum list of characteristics: Name of product; Date of receipt of goods; Information about the supplier of the goods; Information about the store employee who accepted the goods; Department of the store to which the goods arrived; The current price of the goods; Are there any restrictions on the sale of goods; Expiration date of the goods; The number of units of incoming goods; Number of units sold

Figure 2 - An example of a diagram illustrating the structure of the database

Table 3 - An example of the design of field types for database tables

Field name	Field type	Length
Client code	Whole
Surname	Text
Name	Text
middle name	Text
The passport	memo

Table 4 - Types of fields in the LibreOffice Base DBMS

VARCHAR	Text	string up to 256 characters. If the actual length of the string in the field is less than the specified length, memory can be saved.
VARCHAR_IGNORECASE	Text	a string that does not distinguish between lowercase and uppercase letters
CHAR	Text (fixed)	a string with the given number of characters.
LONGVARCHAR	memo	big text. In other databases, this type is called MEMO.
BOOLEAN	Boolean	boolean data (yes/no)
DATE	the date	calendar date
TIME	Time	time
LONGVARBINARY	Picture	variable size binary large object, such as a picture, sound recording, OOWriter document (in other databases, this type is called BLOB)
TINYINT	short integer	most often used for numbering with a small number of positions (From 0 to 255)
SMALLINT	short integer	integer (-32768 to 32767)
INTEGER	Whole	integer (-2147483648 to 2147483647)
BIGINT	long integer	extended integer (from -9223372036854775808 to 9223372036854775807)
DECIMAL	Decimal	floating point number. You must specify the number of digits after the decimal point.
FLOAT	floating point	floating point number (similar to DECIMAL).
VARBINARY	Binary	binary object with variable size. It is possible to save memory if this field actually has a different size in different records
BINARY	Binary (fixed)	fixed size blob
NUMERIC	Number	natural number. The range of numbers is determined by the capacity of the system.
REAL	real	real number. On a 32-bit system, it is represented as a 32-bit mantissa and exponent.
DOUBLE	double precision	double precision real number.
TIMESTAMP	Date Time	the so-called UNIX timestamp. Indicates the number of milliseconds that have passed since the start of the UNIX era
OTHER	Other	data of any other (not specified above) type

Time for groups to work on the task: 15 minutes.

After that, the speaker of each group comments on the work of his group, the opponents of other groups ask questions on the information provided. At the end, the experts of the groups speak and evaluate the results of the work.

6. Setting homework

Develop the structure of the database in their individual assignment (in the individual assignment, students were offered only subject area Database).

7. Summing up the lesson

1. What was the most difficult part of the lesson for you?

2. What was the easiest part of the lesson for you?

3. Did you have any difficulties in organizing work in a group?

4. Did you have any difficulties while working with the Google Docs service?

5. On a scale of one to five, how would you rate Google Docs for collaboration?

In conclusion, I would like to draw a few conclusions:

– students did not have any difficulties with working in the Google Docs service, but there were difficulties when working in a group, because this organizational form of education was unusual for them;

– teamwork with one document in the Google Docs service, all students liked it without exception;

Bibliographic list

1. Tretyakova N.V., Dronova E.N. The use of information technologies in informatics lessons as a means of increasing the cognitive interest of students // Materials all-Russian conference"Informatization of education" // Pedagogical education in Altai. - 2014 - No. 1. - S. 36-42. – Access mode: http://www.uni-altai.ru/info/journal/vestnik/13606-1-nomer-za-2014-god.html
2. Google Docs. – Access mode: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Docs
3. OpenOffice Base: databases. - Access mode:

Including all of its parts. This separated many young projects like Calico, Nest and Fiber and incubators like Google X from the main core of the company.

But after a little shake-up caused by the restructuring, all the employees just calmly returned to their duties. The fact is that Google always cares about its staff, providing employees with many opportunities and encouraging them to stay with the company. Recall, unlike the company of Sergey Brin, many Apple employees consider work in the "apple" corporation to be too stressful.

Some former and current Google employees spoke about the benefits a person gets by working for this company, Business Insider writes.

Free delicacies and endless snacks.

Google employees eat well, get free healthy and varied food for breakfast, lunch, and even dinner if they stay late. There are also many non-alcoholic cafes and bars scattered around the campuses. It is believed that the benefits of free food cannot be overstated. Commenting on the food perk, a Google employee said that not only does it save time and money, it also allows you to build better relationships with co-workers.

When you work at Google, you are surrounded by wonderful and smart people.

One Google employee said the company was a great place to meet the people he grew up reading about. “Never in my life have I met so many people from Wikipedia pages as I did last year!” he wrote.

Another Google employee also speaks positively of colleagues: “We are surrounded by smart and advanced people who create the perfect environment for learning. I mean not technical discussions or official trainings, but the very work with amazing colleagues, not even the most famous ones. I have worked for several other internet companies and have never been as motivated and professionally inspired by my peers as I was at Google. People are happy to work for this company. They come from different backgrounds and almost always have an interesting history behind them.”

In addition to direct contact with IT leaders, company employees often have the opportunity to communicate with invited celebrities.

Google employees feel like they're living in the future.

Since Google is one of the world's leading technology companies, it's no surprise that its employees are surrounded the latest technologies. Google employees use the company's products themselves, and also test products that have not yet been released.

“Chrome was my main browser even before it was shown to a wide audience. I used smartphones, tablets, and Chromebooks before they even went on sale. This is great. It’s like I’m spying on the future,” one of the employees shares his thoughts.

Dogs are welcome!

Google employees are allowed to bring pets to work. Former employee company explains why it was so important for him to bring his dog to work. According to him, this not only gave him a charge of vivacity, but also allowed him to communicate more directly with colleagues, to meet people with whom he would not have met otherwise. Here is what he says about it:

“Sometimes it was difficult to look after the dog between important meetings. But it also meant that every few hours I had to take a break from work and go outside. These walks conserved my own energy. In addition, my dog ​​brought a lot of joy to colleagues. Sometimes they searched for her, needing a break. Everyone needs a break to watch your dog play with other pets or chase a ball. Eventually, my dog ​​became more famous than myself. Surprisingly, she introduced me to huge amount people I wouldn't have met otherwise."

Google employees are transported to and from work for free.

Buses pick up company employees from anywhere in San Francisco. Thus, people do not need to use their own transport. In addition, the buses are equipped with Wi-Fi, so passengers can relax or get some work done on the way to the office.

Technical support for Google employees is available around the clock.

The company has a TechStop internal technical support department that helps employees solve technical problems in the workplace. The department operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One employee describes TechStop as " effective solution simple problems that can stall work. For example, if you forget your laptop charger, just go there and get a new one.”

Free massage credits.

Employees of the company can transfer "massage credits" to each other in exchange for some kind of help or receive them for a job well done. One credit can be used for an hour of free massage.

In addition to massages, the company is very loyal to the health problems of employees. One of the Google engineers describes his experience after getting injured:

“While traveling in the USA, I was seriously injured. It took three surgeries and rehabilitation. I couldn't work for five months. Both my superiors and colleagues treated the situation with sympathy and understanding, they advised me to focus on recovery. When I returned to work, it was difficult for me at first, but my boss was sympathetic and did not demand much at once. She allowed me to smoothly get involved in the workflow and continue from where I left off.

The company worries about the careers of employees.

One anonymous employee wrote: “I am impressed with how Google cares about wealth and career growth. I never talked about my career with my past bosses the way I did at Google. Since I am rather shy, it was difficult for me to talk to the manager about a promotion. But Google trains executives to be proactive career development subordinates. That's what I like most about the company."

Young parents get vacation.

In the United States, it is considered normal for new mothers to receive up to six weeks of leave after the birth of a child. But at Google it's different. New fathers get six weeks of paid leave, and new mothers get 18 weeks. While on vacation, employees continue to receive bonuses, they retain their seniority. “Google even provides a bonus after the birth of a child to help workers with new expenses,” said one of the employees of the company.

When parents return to work, the company provides a free place in the kindergarten.

Google cares about the families of deceased employees.

If a person dies while at Google, the company pays out a large insurance policy to the family. In addition, the widowed spouse continues to receive half of the deceased's salary for 10 years. And each of the children receives $1,000 a month.

The company cares about the physical form of employees.

Employees receive free memberships to gyms and fitness classes, and the company also encourages participation in sports.

The 80/20 rule encourages creative endeavors.

Google has an 80/20 rule that allows employees to spend 80% of their time on core work and 20% on any projects of their own that they believe can help the company grow.

The company encourages reading.

A Google employee from Zurich recalls that in 2006, when he first joined the company, each newcomer was allowed to choose three books for free as a gift. The company has many large libraries with books on technology, machine learning, statistics, production management and other topics. Any employee can borrow and read these books.

The company trains employees.

Google is known for open lectures that anyone in the company can attend or remotely listen to. “Google culture is incredibly open to new knowledge and ideas. If you spend your time usefully, you can learn a lot, - says one of the employees of the company. - At these lectures there were things that I knew, and there were also things that I heard about for the first time. Leading experts in a particular field are colleagues and they will be happy to help and talk.

One of my favorite things to do in college was attending lectures on subjects I didn't need but found interesting. I found it to be an easy and unobtrusive way to learn something new. I was surprised that while working at Google I was able to continue attending similar lectures. I think Google is one of the few jobs in the world that does a wonderful job of supporting something like this. This is an amazing opportunity."

Google employees have more free time to follow their passions.

Apart from annual leave Google is giving employees extra time to explore the world outside of the workplace.

Each employee of the company can take a vacation at his own expense for up to three months. The health insurance remains intact. A person can use this time for rest, work with non-profit organizations, political campaigns or other interesting projects.

Once you become part of the Google network, you remain it forever.

One of the former employees of the company says that the support of "graduates" is one of the most surprising advantages of the company. “Xoogler (ex-Googler) groups are the largest support portals in the world. If you are a former employee of the company, then in any country in the world you will find one of your ex-colleagues.

And it all started quite simply: postgraduate friends from Stanford University - Sergey Brin and Larry Page came to the conclusion that a greater interest in an Internet resource would increase its third-party links. In the search, it was these sites that they paid attention to. True, the creation of Google had to be postponed indefinitely, because its implementation required a lot of investment, and investors could not be found.

The beginning of the rise of Google and the first success

Without losing hope, Sergey and Lari continued to look for investors to make their idea a reality, and already in 1998 they had a million dollars. So there was a company whose name looked like a unit and a hundred zeros - googol. Initially, the search engine worked in test mode on the university domain. And some time later, already in beta test mode, every day the system processed more than 10 thousand requests.

The growth of the company and its success can be dated back to 1999, when the number of queries in the search engine per day already reached more than one hundred thousand. At the same time, the owners of the company began to enter into agreements with large global companies (giants of the Internet business, such as Netscape or Yahoo). The first significant profit at Google appeared in 2001.

Trading Google shares on the stock exchange

Google shares first appeared on the stock exchange in 2004. Initial cost valuable papers was 100 dollars. Nearly 20 million common shares became available to investors. As early as 2013, Google's market capitalization was over $300 billion. This meant that the corporation was inferior in value only to such giants as Exxon and Mobil Apple.

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Today, you can buy Google shares on the world's largest stock exchange NASDAQ. For traders, there are several types of securities: class A (common shares of the issuer of Google) and class B (assets of the company's management). The founders of Google Corporation - Sergey Brin and Larry Page are the main shareholders from class B.

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The Russian division of Google appeared in December 2005. The first employees first sat in Smolensky Passage, and then moved to the third floor of the business center at 7 Balchug. Then, as the staff expanded, some of the employees had to move to Lotte Plaza. As soon as the space in Baltschug Plaza became vacant, the team returned. Now the Google Russia team occupies the fourth and ninth floors of this office center. It employs about 150 people: engineers, lawyers, accountants, marketers and sales specialists. After work, they have the opportunity to go to yoga, massage or just sleep. The Village visited the office of the company and found out how it works.

Google Russia Office

place: " Balchug Plaza»

the number of employees: 150 people

Square: 2500 sq. meters

opening date: December 2005

Recruitment

All Google vacancies are published on the site, there is also an opportunity to apply.

The process of hiring for a job in a corporation is different in that the candidate is interviewed not only with the manager, but also with colleagues. Candidates have to solve non-standard problems like counting the number of tennis balls that can fit on an airplane. There can be no right or wrong answer here - the speed of reaction and the approach to the solution are important.

Google has programs for senior students - for three months or more, you can come for an internship in any department: legal, marketing, sales. All office resources, including health insurance, are provided to interns.

Work organization

The schedule of the company's employees is not strictly fixed, only the norm of eight working hours is observed. Engineers often work with colleagues from other offices around the world, so by necessity they arrive late and do most of the work at night.

Each employee can use 20% of the working time for their own projects. They must be in a professional plane, but may not be related to direct duties. For example, this is how the Gmail mail service appeared at one time.

All new employees, as a rule, are sent to training in Dublin, where they talk about corporate culture companies. According to the staff, it's cool, but you need to get used to it. There is no formal subordination in the company - everything is in without fail address each other on "you" and by name. There is no working dress code - you can come even in slippers, even barefoot, the only limitation is common sense.

At Google, it is customary to share knowledge with colleagues, for this there is a googler to googler system. Every Friday, employees gather for TGIF, an informal Friday gathering where they eat and socialize over a glass of wine or beer. Here they introduce new employees and share professional achievements per week (for example, the launch of a new product).

Office decoration

Google Office is an open space. Since employees spend a lot of time at tables arranged in a circle, they have the opportunity to order a transforming table that can be raised and worked while standing.

When developing the concept of the office, the opinion of employees who wanted something local that would reflect Russian history was taken into account, so the fourth floor is decorated in the style of Russian fairy tales (however, Soviet films and cartoons come across), the ninth floor is made in the style of the Moscow metro. It was developed by Fedor Rashchevsky from the OFFCON bureau.

The conference rooms have names corresponding to the theme of the floor: on the fourth - "Postman Pechkin", "12 chairs", "Winnie the Pooh", on the ninth - the names of the metro stations "Pushkinskaya", "Polyanka", "Komsomolskaya", and the negotiation studio - " Mosfilm. The meeting rooms have large plasma screens and fitballs - you can also sit on them at a meeting. If you need to be in silence or talk on Skype, you can use the intercom for one person.

Food in the office

All food in the office is completely free - no coffee machines or food caps. On the fourth floor there is a dining room "Samobranka", where you can come for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Always on the table different types dry cereals and muesli, freshly squeezed juices, sandwiches.

You can also have a bite to eat in the "Lukomorye" zone with the image of Baba Yaga on one side and a roadside stone from fairy tales on the other. There is a coffee machine and stalls with snacks - bars, bread, etc. Many employees adhere to the principles of healthy eating, and the company supports this. Colored stickers on food trays give recommendations on how much one or another product can be consumed per day: green is the most dietary option, yellow and red lots, respectively, have more calories.

Leisure and entertainment

You can sleep in the Google office: for this there is a shower and a bed. On the ninth floor there is a gym with motivating Soviet posters and a sleep capsule. Through a huge window in the entire wall, there is a fantastic view of the center of the capital.

You can also play video games and table tennis in the office. On the fourth floor there is a zone "Lukomorye". People come here to chat, drink coffee and relax. To do this, there is chess, a guitar (they say that somehow the employees even gathered a band at work, wrote their own music and played) and a mini-library. True, not a single fiction book was found in the library - only semi-professional literature and discs with films and TV shows like Top Gear.

Every week a yoga teacher comes to the office - a large meeting room is assigned for classes. A professional massage therapist works in the office, however, his services are not free and you need to make an appointment with him in advance. Those who have not yet registered can use massage chair in a dark relaxing room.

Photo: Maria Turykina