[nylug-talk] Google (oops, sorry about the previous post)

[alex@pilosoft.com]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, George Bourozikas wrote:

> http://tinyurl.com/elq9j
> 
> A datacenter in NYC?  How exactly do 300,000 sq. ft. compare to the
> above?
300ksqft in 111 8th is *not* going to be a datacenter. It's just office 
space.

> Re: Unionized workforce being the issue: I am sure that Google, like
> most companies, has a knee-jerk reaction to organized labor but I doubt
> that they would be spending more on their workforce if it was unionized
> than they do now.
a) googol doesn't pay all that great (it is slightly above 
industry average)

b) problem with unionized labor in NYC is not for technical employees - it
is all the service trades, particularly electricians.

-alex