Beer, wine, strawberries, biscuits, crisps, frisbees, games of rounders - although this wasn't in the office; once a month the team used to head down to St James' Park for the afternoon
In the office we had this tool for enforcing coding standards, though
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Previously on "What are the most unusual facilities you've encountered in an office?"
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Communal spaghetti at lunch time.
Big table, monster big bowl of spaghetti in the middle. Everyone turns up at the same time and tucks in.
Weird bunch that lot.
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Vintners Place in London has a swimming pool and a gym. Some afternoons when you are tired its brilliant to just pop down and sit in the steam room for a while.
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Originally posted by singhr View PostStockley Park for most of time and a stint in Brentford. The staff shop was great if you liked ribena, painkillers and toothpaste - nothing you could really make a meal out of though.
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Originally posted by milanbenes View Postat the research center of the mobile telephone/network infrastructure manufacturer, they had a music/jamming room in the basement next to the gym (which was fitted out better than most in towns with the tv's and everything)
Milan.
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Originally posted by TonyEnglish View PostWhere were you? I used to head down to J Block a lot. Never spent much time at GSK house as I was sent to work in Greenford in their regulatory section
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at the research center of the mobile telephone/network infrastructure manufacturer, they had a music/jamming room in the basement next to the gym (which was fitted out better than most in towns with the tv's and everything)
Milan.
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Originally posted by singhr View PostNo way - I worked on that too. The canteen in that old SKB building had the best food ever - it was more like a gourmet restaurent. Mind you the GSK building was pretty tasty too.
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