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You should visit the headquarters of some slow-moving enterprises.


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I just described a lot of offices.

In other words, the offices are walking distance from many employers.

The headquarters of a company like this isn't interesting. Headquarters are administrative centers. It's not where you send a laptop to have a bug installed.

I'm half joking, but have you seen their offices?

I am not sure if the author visited any of the offices in question, but they do have plenty of rooms/floors/isolated areas where people do work.

I remember in HP/Compaq offices in Houston when we wanted to take a break, we were going for a walk; anyone who has been in those HQ knows what I mean. A 45mins (slow) walk around the entire thing, and you could see anything from boring offices to assembly lines from that promenade!

I thought these were some interesting additions, although it seems like for almost half of them, it's "this company's headquarters are really cool, you have to see it...but you won't be let inside."

Well they all have headquarters/offices in my city..

Ya, FAANGs don’t exactly have nice offices, amenity wise sure but nobody GAF what they look like, there’s probably nerf guns and desk clutter everywhere.

Think somewhere with clients and prestige. Law offices, design shops, consulting boutiques etc.


Big companies do have satellite offices all over the place.

This is a great idea! Hope this thread continues. I am out of Miami right now and rarely get to see cool tech offices. Would love to get a list going of tech offices that allow scheduled visits or quick tours.

Not an HQ by any means. Just an office.

Their current office is in a pretty nice place, but it sure did feel like it was far from the action.

Offices that are walking distance are a whole other story.

http://www.businessinsider.com/poorly-timed-headquarters-200...

Or from a16z:

"Pouring huge money into overly glorious new headquarters — “The Edifice Complex” — then repeating two years later. There’s also a danger in signaling to employees “we’ve made it, we’re amazing” (and while everyone hates the cramped but collaborative space when they’re in it, they miss it terribly after the move)."


The location of your Corporate headquarters is different to the physical location of your company.

Don't nearly all Microsoft employees have offices? Every building I've been to (I can probably name off about 30 of them) had employees with offices. Can you name the buildings where employees don't have offices?

Offices with doors maybe?

But aren't a lot of those offices either 1. much smaller than MV or 2. not engineering offices?
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