They have 30 odd buildings on it, with thousands and thousands of employees.
Yowza. That's so far beyond anything I've ever experienced, I can't even tell you. I've never worked anywhere with more than a few hundred employees, and that was spread over the city. My current place has like 65, nationwide.
Hooray beer!
Boo creepy foot doctor!
Please someone get that....
points at Steph, pointedly
Please someone get that....
Sorry, I don't. Maybe only people who suck do.
I suck, I don't get it.
eta: Heh, sucky xpostage.
Boo creepy foot doctor! (YouTube link.)
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In fact, I think that calls for a new tag....
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I think Boo Creepy Foot Doctor ranks right up there with the Nextel Dancing Guys commercial in my category of Always Funny To Teppy.
Oh that is just wrong, wrong, wrong and a side of wrong. Thanks for the link! (I think)
I worked for a private-sector company that had 200K+ employees (3M). Great(-ish) campus. Freedom to spend 20% of your time 'exploring' -- as long as it didn't impact your deadlines, or muck with the anyone's Gantt chart. Which is to say: No 'exploring'.
The money and hours sucked, but the admins seemed to be happy(-ish). They didn't seem to care if a product shipped or not.
I'm just not sure I could live that way.
Secretarial work makes me miserable, but I am not my job. It's hella secure, pays well enough that if I wasn't such a financial moron I'd have a way better savings account and nicer clothes, and the benefits are pretty generous.
I think an administrative job at a university would be great, msbelle. Plus, free college for mac down the line. Plus, once you're in, you can apply for all sorts of other jobs, take classes, all sorts of good stuff. The TIAA CREF retirement package is pretty nice, too. Plus, summers off.
Education discounts on computers and software is pretty good, too.