Yandex House on Scooter
There is plenty of information on how simple Google, Yahoo and Microsoft workers live. The situation with Russian IT-companies is more complicated: they are often not so open to everyone’s eyes, although it is interesting for potential employees and just curious to know - “what’s inside”.
"Yandex" is one of the leaders of habraratinga companies , and very few people will decide to challenge his leadership in runet. The building where people work, thanks to whom “there is everything”, I visited at the end of last week.
The Moscow office of the company is located in the “house on Samokatnaya” ( Samokatnaya st., 1, building 21), a few steps from Yauza, the park named after May 1, the two churches and the plant "Crystal" (admittedly, the place was chosen successfully). From the metro station "Kurskaya" all the staff and visitors are transported to the office by a pleasant Ford minibus. It is pleasant because it is free, it runs on a schedule once every 15 minutes and literally reaches the door of the building (which was especially important this February). And by the way, he almost never goes empty.
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The fact that the person will now be in the office building of "Yandex", says the words "Find everything" on the automatically opening glass doors. In the foyer, three projectors show the “proprietary stand” of what the company lives: the first one displays the current search queries passing through the Yandex websites (of course, not all, otherwise the viewer could not keep track of them), on the second one - frames from history of the company, and the third - information from some services (weather, traffic jams, etc.).
Visitors are given special badges with the words "I am a guest." As bobuk Bobuk says, it was done on purpose: “People come without badges, and then laptops disappear. Laptops with time, of course, are, but the residue remains. "
Beautiful photos hang on the stairs between the floors. These really beautiful photographs were created by employees of the company, and you can even buy them - if you work at Yandex: about once a month they are sold at auction, and the proceeds go to charity purposes.
In total, the building has 3 floors and a dining room (for convenience, you can designate the floor on which it is located, zero).
Such interiors are waiting for visitors on the “working” floors:
"Developer floor" is characterized by a predominance of men:
Employees can ask for a laptop that they like best. Those who chose Apple products have already organized an internal e-mail list, in which they help each other in finding the right programs — and simply chat:
Laptops are used no less actively than stationary computers. On many tables, these two devices often stand side by side. And thanks to wi-fi with a laptop, you can work everywhere - even on the stairs, even in the smoking room, even on the street. The building has a free Yandex.Wi-Fi, so everyone can come to visit with their portable devices.
By the way, some who wish to use this advantage for other purposes: one enterprising citizen has been actively using wi-fi for a while, sitting in his car parked on the banks of the Yauza River and sending spam. After some time, it was calculated, approached the car and said "ah-ah-ah"; since then no such incidents have occurred.
Meeting rooms - one of the most original premises in the building. The most remarkable are the neighboring "GDR" and "Germany":
Their peculiarity is that in fact it is one room divided by the “Berlin Wall”, which is pushed aside when the magic button is pressed. In the “FRG” there are game consoles and a projector, so that employees can devote their free time to “virtual boxing” or other games.
In the smoking rooms, in addition to the usual chairs, interesting "devices" are installed:
As Bobuk explained, developers, despite the presence of chairs, prefer to settle on the floor. This habit defies logical explanation, and in the office they did not fight it by installing such seats.
In the recreation room you can find darts, aero hockey and hookah. And in the mini-kitchens on the floors there are coffee machines that “pour in for a coin”:
In addition to the smoking room and the lounge, you can spend your free time in the library. This cozy room is literally created for relaxation, because, in addition to books, there is always sound insulation and sometimes a fruit basket.
Of course, you need to eat in the dining room: free meals for employees are provided. You can choose your own lunch: both the first and the second are presented in several versions (I managed to try only one option - Mexican-style soup and vegetables: delicious!). As an answer to the question “A compote?”, All tables are packed with juice.
You can build your appetite by playing billiards or table tennis: a room with these games is located next to the dining room. By the way, there is also a massage chair and a shower nearby.
I did not succeed in getting to know all the Yandex employees living on Habré. In general, to find all employees on the spot at the same time is absolutely unrealistic, because the company has a free schedule. There are among the workers and those who come to work in the evening, and go to sleep in the morning. Thus, both “owls” and “larks” can feel absolutely comfortable. Although it is noted that the largest number of people appear in their places at 12-13: it is at this time that lunch begins in the dining room.
The Yandex office leaves a pleasant impression of itself. By the way it is equipped, you can judge the attitude of the company towards its employees. We have to admit that this is a very good attitude. Let's try to compare: wait for new reports!
Thank you for organizing the report of bobuk Gregory Bakunov and the press service of the company. Thank you stepp for technical support.
"Yandex" is one of the leaders of habraratinga companies , and very few people will decide to challenge his leadership in runet. The building where people work, thanks to whom “there is everything”, I visited at the end of last week.
The Moscow office of the company is located in the “house on Samokatnaya” ( Samokatnaya st., 1, building 21), a few steps from Yauza, the park named after May 1, the two churches and the plant "Crystal" (admittedly, the place was chosen successfully). From the metro station "Kurskaya" all the staff and visitors are transported to the office by a pleasant Ford minibus. It is pleasant because it is free, it runs on a schedule once every 15 minutes and literally reaches the door of the building (which was especially important this February). And by the way, he almost never goes empty.
')
The fact that the person will now be in the office building of "Yandex", says the words "Find everything" on the automatically opening glass doors. In the foyer, three projectors show the “proprietary stand” of what the company lives: the first one displays the current search queries passing through the Yandex websites (of course, not all, otherwise the viewer could not keep track of them), on the second one - frames from history of the company, and the third - information from some services (weather, traffic jams, etc.).
Visitors are given special badges with the words "I am a guest." As bobuk Bobuk says, it was done on purpose: “People come without badges, and then laptops disappear. Laptops with time, of course, are, but the residue remains. "
Beautiful photos hang on the stairs between the floors. These really beautiful photographs were created by employees of the company, and you can even buy them - if you work at Yandex: about once a month they are sold at auction, and the proceeds go to charity purposes.
In total, the building has 3 floors and a dining room (for convenience, you can designate the floor on which it is located, zero).
Such interiors are waiting for visitors on the “working” floors:
"Developer floor" is characterized by a predominance of men:
Employees can ask for a laptop that they like best. Those who chose Apple products have already organized an internal e-mail list, in which they help each other in finding the right programs — and simply chat:
Laptops are used no less actively than stationary computers. On many tables, these two devices often stand side by side. And thanks to wi-fi with a laptop, you can work everywhere - even on the stairs, even in the smoking room, even on the street. The building has a free Yandex.Wi-Fi, so everyone can come to visit with their portable devices.
By the way, some who wish to use this advantage for other purposes: one enterprising citizen has been actively using wi-fi for a while, sitting in his car parked on the banks of the Yauza River and sending spam. After some time, it was calculated, approached the car and said "ah-ah-ah"; since then no such incidents have occurred.
Meeting rooms - one of the most original premises in the building. The most remarkable are the neighboring "GDR" and "Germany":
Their peculiarity is that in fact it is one room divided by the “Berlin Wall”, which is pushed aside when the magic button is pressed. In the “FRG” there are game consoles and a projector, so that employees can devote their free time to “virtual boxing” or other games.
In the smoking rooms, in addition to the usual chairs, interesting "devices" are installed:
As Bobuk explained, developers, despite the presence of chairs, prefer to settle on the floor. This habit defies logical explanation, and in the office they did not fight it by installing such seats.
In the recreation room you can find darts, aero hockey and hookah. And in the mini-kitchens on the floors there are coffee machines that “pour in for a coin”:
In addition to the smoking room and the lounge, you can spend your free time in the library. This cozy room is literally created for relaxation, because, in addition to books, there is always sound insulation and sometimes a fruit basket.
Of course, you need to eat in the dining room: free meals for employees are provided. You can choose your own lunch: both the first and the second are presented in several versions (I managed to try only one option - Mexican-style soup and vegetables: delicious!). As an answer to the question “A compote?”, All tables are packed with juice.
You can build your appetite by playing billiards or table tennis: a room with these games is located next to the dining room. By the way, there is also a massage chair and a shower nearby.
I did not succeed in getting to know all the Yandex employees living on Habré. In general, to find all employees on the spot at the same time is absolutely unrealistic, because the company has a free schedule. There are among the workers and those who come to work in the evening, and go to sleep in the morning. Thus, both “owls” and “larks” can feel absolutely comfortable. Although it is noted that the largest number of people appear in their places at 12-13: it is at this time that lunch begins in the dining room.
The Yandex office leaves a pleasant impression of itself. By the way it is equipped, you can judge the attitude of the company towards its employees. We have to admit that this is a very good attitude. Let's try to compare: wait for new reports!
Thank you for organizing the report of bobuk Gregory Bakunov and the press service of the company. Thank you stepp for technical support.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/3698/
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