How is it to work for Google?

First few weeks went into total awe of the scale at which things were being done, amount of effort being put in to take care of people and quality at which food (for those who do not know its free) was being served. I could have wrote lot of things about experiences of first week itself but time time to write about it have passed. I am already 6 weeks veteran at Google. First few weeks passed in “no time” as I was in state of euphoria of getting through one of the most rigorous interviewing process in the world. Only recently the feeling of “Yes I have done it” have started sinking in. My mind now accepts with ease that I work at Google.

As happens at most of the places first few weeks I didn’t had many things to do and spent most of the time reading about various policies and products. Apart from Technicalities, I already knew most of the things about products. It was policies, especially employee benefit policies which forced me to feel really proud about my workplace. Coming from a Baniya Family and having worked at a cost centric KPO before, focus on people was almost unbelievable for me. I found it to be too good to be true. So I Googled* “worst thing about working at google” and Google showed results, (I was scared to do it from corporate network after watching videos on Artificial Intelligence, fearing instead of results I probably will see a firing letter). First link was quora. I read few of the answers(This, I found as most apt of them all) and found I am already feeling connected to some. Most of the answers were pointing to the fact that  “It is so Good that It’s Bad” like they say “ It is so bad that it is Good” about Gunda (Youtube, Really (Really, Really) tough luck if you don’t understand Hindi). I will now watch this amazing movie which deserved 100 Oscars at least (I believe  Kanti Shah and entire cast should have been hanged as Shah Jahan ordered cutting hands of workers who constructed Taj Mahal). Wrapping up, I Still don’t see “Bad” part in being “So Good” but probably will see when I touch 100 kg(I already have gained around 5 kg despite Gymming for around 4-5 Hrs a week) from current 75, till then let me fill my tummies :)

*If you are my Colleague, please don’t tell my manager about it. If you are my manager or his/her manager, please ignore. It is not meant for you. I would have liked to make this content Unavailable for you but Blogspot still Doesn’t support it :(