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Deep Inside Facebook
Deep Inside Facebook
Deep Inside Facebook
Even chief executive Mark Zuckerberg sits out in the open at one of those
simple white desks. An office is not one of perks to being the billionaire
founder of one of Silicon Valley's most important companies.
Small meeting rooms are scattered all over. That’s the hack for not having
office doors
Walking into Facebook’s new headquarters can feel like entering the office of
the future – open, fluid and informal. The building stands out as an extreme
example of how Silicon Valley firms intend to change the nature of work
through more than software alone. And it goes beyond ballyhooed perks such
as massages, ping pong and three meals a day.
What Facebook implemented goes a step further and, for now, remains rare:
No walls inside an entire building engineered to facilitate a new way of doing
work. Other major Silicon Valley firms such as Apple and Google are planning
futuristic workplaces, too.