Google’s new bay view The first campus built by the search giant, the building was touted as environmentally friendly and technologically advanced. ”A canvas for creating new ways of being togetherBut for employees at the Mountain View, Calif., building, one of those “ways of being together” is Decent Wi-Fi connection.
According to sources, Google employees said they had been without WiFi in the new building for several months. Report from Reuters Thursday. Wi-Fi is so bad that many software engineers are forced to connect Ethernet cables to their laptops to do their work. Wi-Fi issues occur because Google requires employees to do so Return to the office three days a weekthis upsets many employees who have better internet connections at home.
“You would think any of the world’s leading internet companies would have solved this,” one engineer told Reuters.
The Bayview office is home to many of Google’s AI engineers, who Gemini continues to run after being suspended due to ‘unacceptable’ image production last month. Managers are encouraging employees to take a walk outside or sit at a nearby cafe with strong Wi-Fi. Some engineers have reportedly been given new laptops with more powerful Wi-Fi chips.
Google’s Bayview campus features a canopy that swoops down like ocean waves.The company also wrote: 229 page book About the building – it’s longer than the F. Scott Fitzgerald building great gatsby. The open-concept building seamlessly integrates with nature using solar power, geothermal energy, and rainwater harvesting. Other than providing a decent Wi-Fi connection to actually do some work, Google has thought of everything.
A Google spokesperson acknowledged the Wi-Fi connection issue in a statement to Reuters. The company said a fixed version should be available within the next few weeks.
Google hasn’t disclosed how much it spent on Bayview, but the company spent almost all of it. $10 billion in office and data center construction in 2022 alone.
A version of this article first appeared on Gizmodo.
