Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech

Ha! I worked for a healthcare company in an office with a couple hundred developers... And yep, at one point, we had a shit on the walls issue...

I dont know if notices went up telling people not to do it though! I could never work out if it was intentional or some people just don't know how to shit???

I dont understand it either...

On the current office it's a piss on the floor issue, no urinals in the men's toilet and apparently some guys can't consistently hit the toilet with their piss!

I really hope you're treating your job like a gig to tide you over until you find something better. That environment will crush your soul. Don't let it become your life.

Regardless of what your employer thinks, you don't need a four year degree to make a good living. There are lots of fulfilling careers that don't require you to go to college. On the other hand, if you get a solid engineering degree, you can take on a few tens of thousands of dollars of debt. If you want to study liberal arts, then you should look for ways do it without spending so much money. It can be done.

Figure out what your goals are and what you need to do to achieve them. I'm sure it won't involve staying indefinitely at your current job with the algae in the ice machine.

In the 13 years I've been here we've had

- people wiping on the wall, also multiple instances of feces not IN the toilet (mostly 'I waited too long and sprayed on the back of the toilet sitting down)

- countless "whoops I peed on the floor/wall and couldn't be bothered to clean it up"

- serial nose pick and stickers at the urinals

- someone was trying to flush paper towels down the urinals for several months

- the women have had multiple issues of blood on the toilet seats/floors and at least one instance on the wall

The microwaves have signs stating "do not microwave metal" because people have microwaved metal. The sinks have signs saying do not wash food down the drains (since there is obviously no garbage disposal). Sign saying not to remove the coffee pots from the breakroom. Signs stating the building is fragrance free yet people still come in wearing choking amounts of floral perfumes.

Regular reminders of only TWO personal items, do not touch your desk partners personal belongings, log out when you leave, log out when you leave, log out when you leave, did I mention log out when you leave (because pressing ctrl+alt+del on the lock screen and clicking switch user is SOOOO hard).

Then someone complained about food trucks coming here every few weeks so corporate reminded us food trucks are NOT allowed on the property as it violates company solicitation policies yet if you want something other than reheated food your half hour lunch break does not provide enough time to drive somewhere, buy food, drive back and eat it (unless you eat while you're driving) and don't forget only 'finger food' is allowed at desks yet most of the managers eat in their offices and they'll throw out the rule when they sell hot dogs and chips for 5$ as a fundraiser or when they sell pancakes as a fundraiser (and they cook them next to the ice machine, which makes the ice hardcore taste like pancakes for a day or two after).

But gee don't you know, the company is consistently voted one of the best places to work! Must be those corporate employees that get bonuses (and probably cost of living increases unlike the other 400k plus employees).

I was on here years before I was /anything-tech-related/

I think the GP's point is they don't think there is anything they can afford to do to better their situation in ways that matter.

All actions other than status quo lead to something worse. (Loss of job, unaffordable debt, etc.) And it's a perfectly normal situation in their part of the world for their skills and occupation, so it isn't them, it's just real life for the peasants.

That's why they struggle to find sympathy for those whose situation is vastly better already. It's like listening to royalty complaining about conditions in the palace, when you're a starving peasant.