Submission + - Google's staff can't access the WiFi at the office (telegraph.co.uk)
Bruce66423 writes: 'When Google opened its latest “campus” in Silicon Valley in 2022, it boasted about the building’s space-age design and high-tech features including a roof made entirely of solar panels.
'But employees at the office have a more prosaic complaint: the internet giant’s WiFi does not work.
Multiple employees speaking to Reuters complained for several months that their laptops had been unable to connect to WiFi.
'Some staff have suggested the issues are related to the building’s billowing roof, which is made up of a “dragonscale” design of 90,000 silver solar panels and may be responsible for trapping wireless signals.
'Employees are able to plug into wired internet connections at their desks on the ground floor, designed for “focused work”. But when they take their laptops to the office’s first floor, which has comfortable chairs for meetings and “collaborative” work, many find they are unable to access wireless internet.'
The case for working from home, surely!
'But employees at the office have a more prosaic complaint: the internet giant’s WiFi does not work.
Multiple employees speaking to Reuters complained for several months that their laptops had been unable to connect to WiFi.
'Some staff have suggested the issues are related to the building’s billowing roof, which is made up of a “dragonscale” design of 90,000 silver solar panels and may be responsible for trapping wireless signals.
'Employees are able to plug into wired internet connections at their desks on the ground floor, designed for “focused work”. But when they take their laptops to the office’s first floor, which has comfortable chairs for meetings and “collaborative” work, many find they are unable to access wireless internet.'
The case for working from home, surely!