Google's new $1 billion London office will be complete with campfire spaces, outdoor covered working areas, and quiet zones for employees.
A visualization of a quiet zone in Google's $1 billion London office. BDG Architects/GoogleGoogle now has 6,400 employees but the new office will allow the firm to boost headcount to 10,000.For more stories go toGoogle will spend $1 billion on a new office building in London in a big bet on its staff returning to workspaces.in a statement on Friday that it's purchasing the Central Saint Giles development based in central London, which it already has a lease on.
Buying the development will allow Google to increase the number of employees from 6,400 to 10,000 in the country, Ronan Harris, vice-president of Google UK and Ireland, said in the statement. Harris said the majority of Google's UK staff want the flexibility of working in the office and working from home a few days a week. Others employees want to work fully remotely.
The office will include quiet zones, lounge areas, team pods for collaboration between colleagues, and outdoor covered working spaces so staff can work in the fresh air, Harris added.
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