Google cuts office space in Bay Area by more than a million square feet

They're getting rid of real estate yet force people to work from the office at least n days a week. Why not embrace remote and get rid of even more real estate.

Re: Google cuts office space in Bay Area by more than a million square feet

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Post by wpang » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 4:30 AM UTC

Return to office you say?

Re: Google cuts office space in Bay Area by more than a million square feet

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Post by barbazoo » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 4:30 AM UTC

bluefirebrand wrote: post #4

photonbucket wrote: post #2

"Return to office, what's left of it"

You thought it was bad before, now we're going to cram you into an even smaller open floor plan.

It'll enable collaboration

Re: Google cuts office space in Bay Area by more than a million square feet

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Post by ddalex » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 4:32 AM UTC

barbazoo wrote: post #7

bluefirebrand wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You thought it was bad before, now we're going to cram you into an even smaller open floor plan.

It'll enable collaboration

Being forced to sit on co-workers lap while desk-sharing (and chair-sharing) will enable even closer collaboration

Re: Google cuts office space in Bay Area by more than a million square feet

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Post by rektide » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 4:33 AM UTC

It'll be interesting to see which companies rotate people through & how. Most orgs are trying to get people in on the same days, to synergize & that shit. Will that be the path forward? Who will rotate shifts more?

Shout out to a TSMC interview where M.C. was saying TSMC is just better because instead of running 1 shift a day of trying shit, they ran the fab always & got 3x the shifts a day.

Same story, but different timebase. Utilization. How can we do great for space, & utilize it well? We are so far away from that level of smart management. Such idiotic returnalism. Space wasn't good before. If we want to return, how do we de-suck it? Admittedly better utilization feels like an anti goal for de-suck, so extra hard mode: how do we make good utilization a win win win?

Re: Google cuts office space in Bay Area by more than a million square feet

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Post by grogenaut » Fri, Jun 09, 2023, 4:33 AM UTC

can anyone speak to:

a) how dense was google office space in the before times?

b) what their remaining portfolio of office space is?