Are You Up To The Job?

Jun 22 2008

Is Your Office Heaven Or Hell?

THE London headquarters of internet giant Google has been crowned the best place to work in Britain.

The so-called Googleplex offices of the world's number one internet search engine have Lego blocks scattered over desks and garden gnomes, monkeys and shoes hanging from the ceiling.

Its marketing department has been redesigned to look like a suburban garden.

The human resources department even has its own disco.

Staff are entitled to free meals at any time and given free bicycles to keep fit and encourage green living.

The firm came top of a survey of 1.5 million workers across 4000 firms - but if a good office is the key to morale, how does your company fare?

Take the scotcareers quiz and find out.

1. How would you describe your office?

a. It's a cross between The Young Ones flat and a drug den.

b. Osama bin Laden's cave has better lighting than this place.

c. Grey, sterile and lacking any personality whatsoever.

d. A wacky playground full of toys for hard-working staff.

2. If your boss could do one thing to improve life in your office, what would it be?

a. Running water would be helpful.

b. Block up the windows so we can forget how late we are working.

c. A chill-out room where we can take five-minute screen breaks.

d. Open a bar and restaurant to improve our social lives.

3. Which of the following incentives would get you into work early?

a. A promise that they will install air conditioning.

b. A kitty to help us redecorate our section of the office.

c. Hire a Kelly Brook lookalike and I'll never leave the place.

d. A brown envelope stuffed with cash.

4. What would your fantasy office look like?

a. It would be clean and free of fleas.

b. It would be bright and full of space.

c. It would have slides between floors and chocolate fountains on each level.

d. It would have an open-air dining terrace, sofas instead of desks and relaxation pods for stressed employees.

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