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An inside look at Yandex.ru's offices

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Re: An inside look at Yandex.ru's offices

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty sure those are all acronyms.

Not a single one is real acronym. Looks more like "made-up lols".

Yes, as a native Russian speaker there isn't a single acronym or word that makes sense to me. But maybe those are Yandex's own acronyms. Or maybe they just made some shit up for the journalist.

Re: An inside look at Yandex.ru's offices

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http://media.englishrussia.com/ya/0_59819_f6ec66d1_orig.jpg Looks like "Russian" from some Hollywood movies. Not a single word in real Russian :-)

both are carrying what seems to be cigarette packs. They have smoking rooms now. What happened to the conveniency of smoking right in from of the computer? Did computers riot against second-hand smoking?

Re: An inside look at Yandex.ru's offices

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not a single one is real acronym. Looks more like "made-up lols".

Yes, as a native Russian speaker there isn't a single acronym or word that makes sense to me. But maybe those are Yandex's own acronyms. Or maybe they just made some shit up for the journalist.

there are a lot of Os in those.

I'm guessing it stands for Otvet

Re: An inside look at Yandex.ru's offices

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post #16

What is going on here? http://media.englishrussia.com/ya/0_59828_2cce1aaa_orig.jpg

The lower part is underfloor heating. I don't know what the higher part is, but I would guess that they retrofitted underfloor heating and used existing overhead pipes for the water. Normally those pipes would be well-hidden.

Re: An inside look at Yandex.ru's offices

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post #5

As fantastic as this office is, I'd hate to work in a environment where anybody can freely look over my shoulder at any time. I'll take privacy and a dull office over this any time. We've managed to satisfy this concern ( http://www.mojalbum.com/popcom/popcom-office ) and I'm really happy about our office.

What are you doing at work that you don't want people looking over your shoulder? Serious question by the way - it always comes up in work environments that some people are pretty against the lack of privacy that comes along with these types of set ups, but really if you are at work there shouldn't be too much (if anything) on your screen which is private.

I'm a big fan of bull pen type environments, where it's wide open spaces and everyone is together with no walls between.

If you have that, and also offer a few "quiet rooms" where you can go if things are loud or you need to check your personal email, I don't see what the problem is.

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