Google offers on-campus hotel ‘Summer Special’ to help lure employees back to the office

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real estate costs due to limited housing supply, zoning restrictions and elevated demand. The area --contains large swaths of corporate offices--is highly preferred by tech workers and executives working in the surrounding tech industry. Google's on-campus hotel in Mountain View is an attempt to alleviate some of the housing crunch, but the price tag is leaving employees questioning its value.

With the hotel stay costing $99 a night, that amount to roughly $3,000 (approximately ₹2,50,000) a month, is pointed out in internal discussion forums. However, some employees aren’t convinced with the deal and have taken to internal discussion forums to express their views. A meme showed movie clips of a scene in the movie “Mean Girls," where the main character played by Lindsey Lohan says “No, thank you." “Now I can give some of my pay back to Google," another meme read.

While another joked about living on campus for the summer could disrupt “work-life balance." Employees compared the hotel cost to their current living arrangements, with one saying, "I pay more and get a lot less in total for my apartment," while another boasts “Though admittedly where I live is much better." Another employee finds it too expensive. “If it was around $60 a night, that could be a fine-ish alternative to apartments, but $99? No thanks." “I would’ve totally done it, had it fit a certain profile: $3k rent all-in, fully-furnished, unlimited meals, paid utilities, plus housekeeping/cleaning every day," another employee wrote. Google started bringing most employees back to offices last year.