Behind the scenes at hip and hard-charging YouTube, Google
SAN BRUNO, Calif. — Clearly, this isn’t the typical American workplace.
Just inside the sleek glass doors of YouTube’s corporate headquarters is a rock climbing wall — “for Googlers only.” Straight ahead, five guys in T-shirts and jeans cluster around a foosball table, engrossed in a lunch hour game. Nearby, a Russian film crew jabbers away, shooting footage for a documentary on the global company. Over at the reception desk, the candy jar is a big, red, furry head of Sesame Street’s Elmo, watched over by the receptionist’s tiny, quivering Chihuahua, who’s definitely not stuffed.
And that’s just the lobby.
From the standard company attire — jeans and T-shirts, mostly — to the indoor putting green, the outdoor Frisbee golf course and the gourmet cafe dishing up free fare all day, YouTube is a work environment that’s more akin to summer camp for adults.
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Pink-clad Aggie fans unite to fight breast cancer
LAS CRUCES - Trading crimson and white T-shirts and jerseys for a more feminine color, Aggie football fans supported the Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign to fight breast cancer, along with the home team, while tailgating Saturday on the New Mexico State University campus.
Campaign supporters and football fans sported pink shirts, hats, pants, shoes, socks, hair and even pastel pooches in an effort to flood Aggie Memorial Stadium in a sea of pink for Saturday's football game, where NMSU faced off against Idaho. The football team capped off the day with a 31-24 win, stopping the Vandals inside the 5-yard line in the closing seconds.
Under the shade of tents decorated with pink streamers and balloons, tailgater Annette Alvarez was hoping for an Aggie win over the Idaho Vandals and for a victory for those battling breast cancer.
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