Corporate campuses... where CEOs go to live in a fabricated simulation of a world that doesn't exist... where their rapacious extraction of resources, exploitation of people, and destruction of the environment is glossed over in manicured lawns, antiseptically maintained buildings, and secretaries with plastic surgery.
A Look Inside Apple’s New Campus
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#32> For workers who want to take the café’s pizza back to their pods, Apple created (and patented) a container that lets air and moisture escape so the crust won’t get soggy. Am I correct in saying that this is just a standard to-go box with holes in the bottom?
Likely the application of the idea to pizzas is considered the differentiator. Most Chinese/Taiwanese restaurants that sell scallion pancakes [1] to go will toss them into a styrofoam hinged clamshell [2] or much more rarely, a cardstock one [3], grab a fork or knife, and deftly poke the clamshell 4-6 times. I've seen other restaurants in other cuisines do this as well to let out excess steam without letting too much heat escape, but not pizza yet, though apparently there are other solutions to the challenge [4].
[1] http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/04/extra-flaky-scall...
[2] http://www.nexdaysupply.ca/Yhlw08010000-foam-takeout.jpg
[3] http://www.foodbizsupply.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/s...
[4] https://www.wired.com/2014/01/huh-the-best-designed-pizza-bo...
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#335B for 13k employees - that's ~$384,000 in construction costs per head, operating and maintenance expenses are perhaps 5% of that annually (maybe more!) - taken together this is an office building that's costing apple ~$3500/head/mo . It's a beautiful office, but seriously?
Avg apple cash comp is what, 12500/mo? 3500 is almost 30% of that!
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#34Beautiful building. I wonder though - for those who read the article and have worked in both suburban environments and urban ones - would you rather work in the amazing Apple spaceship in the suburbs, or a normal office building in a city-center? For me, I think I'd still prefer a short commute and the density of stuff that comes with being downtown.
I love suburbs. They get lots of hate here but I'd take one over a city in a heartbeat. I like doing things that require garages and back yards and sheds.
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#35I am wondering why I find it kind of odd that it doesn't have a childcare center.
It is rather odd.
Is it? The large corporation I work for doesn't have an onsite childcare center. Instead we offer discounts for child care elsewhere, near the office, but not in. For a company as private and secretive as Apple, why even expose themselves to the risk of having people walking around a campus that they don't need to be if they can meet the need elsewhere, offsite?
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#36I'd wish they were a bit more futuristic than having 9000 parking spaces. Why not offer buses from where their employees live or other means of transportation? It's easy to say that most people drive, but that's only because everyone always make that the most convenient mode of transportation. With some effort something else could be even more convenient.
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#375B for 13k employees - that's ~$384,000 in construction costs per head, operating and maintenance expenses are perhaps 5% of that annually (maybe more!) - taken together this is an office building that's costing apple ~$3500/head/mo . It's a beautiful office, but seriously? Avg apple cash comp is what, 12500/mo? 3500 is almost 30% of that!
Average Apple comp at HQ has to be a lot higher than that
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#38I'd wish they were a bit more futuristic than having 9000 parking spaces. Why not offer buses from where their employees live or other means of transportation? It's easy to say that most people drive, but that's only because everyone always make that the most convenient mode of transportation. With some effort something else could be even more convenient.
It was probably a city requirement to have that parking space.
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#395B for 13k employees - that's ~$384,000 in construction costs per head, operating and maintenance expenses are perhaps 5% of that annually (maybe more!) - taken together this is an office building that's costing apple ~$3500/head/mo . It's a beautiful office, but seriously? Avg apple cash comp is what, 12500/mo? 3500 is almost 30% of that!
If what he did at Pixar is any guide, in theory the return on this investment isn't comparable to typical buildings.
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#40Here is awesome 4k aerial drone footage of the mothership and active construction as of May - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mFhcnzSmH-E