Google’s Colour-coded Office, way to motivate employees to interact!

The Google Toronto office is the headquarters of advertising sales for all of Canada, among a host of other things. The tech juggernaut also has offices in Ottawa, Montreal and Kitchener-Waterloo. At Google Inc’s Toronto new office, many designs and settings of this new office wow people. Not only does Google has set up a small kitchen with many snacks and drinks for employees on each floor but Google also has all kinds of entertainment settings like indoor-gyms,a music room,a luxury lounge, game rooms as well as outdoor mini-golf field as shown by the pictures below.

Google’s Toronto Office’s mini-golf fieldThe game rooms inside the officeThe amazing indoor-gyms

Google has always been dedicated to the design of each of its offices in order to motivate its employees to interact and communicate with each other. Employees tend to talk more often when they are relaxing in the luxury lounge and having snacks in the kitchen. Also, Google’s employees even get free massages, isn’t that great! This shows how much importance Google places on its working environment and atmosphere.

While many people say that would love to work at a place like Google some say they would not because the office settings make them stay in the office longer and ignore their families. “While Google employees do pull long hours, at least it’s in an enjoyable work space. But there is an argument to be made that no amount of toys will allow you to buy innovation.”

In the COMM 101 class, we have discussed the case of the Zappos, one of the most successful shoe sellers. We learned about the significance of people, culture and teams. In Zappos, the company focuses highly on building a enjoyable working environment for employees so as to motivate them and make sure they have the top-notch customer service, which will help them build more and more repetitive customers.

This applies to Google as well. Google is making effort to provide its employees incentive for them to work harder and love the place they work. Also, Google wants a harmonious working environment in which employees are like a big family. In the business world nowadays, we need to find creative ways to motivate our employees instead of just expecting them to be loyal and hardworking.