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09-25-07, 12:06 PM
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We Won
We were nominated for the Toronto Bicycle Friendly Business Awards and have just learned that we won in the "best bike commuter parking" award, and came in 2'nd in several other categories.
With many bike commuters at our office, we're off to city hall, get fed, and come home with a trophy
Please don't tell anyone, the official announcement is Oct. 6
https://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bfba/index.htm
and its not just the 10 bike rack, we have indoor bike parking when it rains and snows, complete laundry facilities for our commuters, showers, lockers for those that keep a change of clothes here, ceiling heat lamps for those that commute in winter, keyless entry to make it easier to get your bike inside, outdoor bike washing facilities...and more
For commuters caught by bad weather, they can crash overnight...plasma TV, Jacuzzi, bar, and pull out couch...in summer there's the rooftop deck with BBQ...full kitchen facilities as well
We beat out every other company that was nominated in Toronto in parking, came in 2'nd in some of the other categories
With many bike commuters at our office, we're off to city hall, get fed, and come home with a trophy
Please don't tell anyone, the official announcement is Oct. 6
https://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bfba/index.htm
and its not just the 10 bike rack, we have indoor bike parking when it rains and snows, complete laundry facilities for our commuters, showers, lockers for those that keep a change of clothes here, ceiling heat lamps for those that commute in winter, keyless entry to make it easier to get your bike inside, outdoor bike washing facilities...and more
For commuters caught by bad weather, they can crash overnight...plasma TV, Jacuzzi, bar, and pull out couch...in summer there's the rooftop deck with BBQ...full kitchen facilities as well
We beat out every other company that was nominated in Toronto in parking, came in 2'nd in some of the other categories
09-25-07, 12:10 PM
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Holy crap! Your work setup is better than my house! 
09-25-07, 12:13 PM
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Really! I thought I was doing good with a bike rack in the parking garage downstairs and free membership in the gym down the street where I can shower. You guys really have it sweet!
09-25-07, 12:19 PM
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I have a shower, and get to keep my bike about 20 feet from my cube, and I thought that was sweet.
But now I see it's not. I think I can say, truly, and with a clear conscience, that I hate you.
But now I see it's not. I think I can say, truly, and with a clear conscience, that I hate you.
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09-25-07, 02:53 PM
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Dang! That's fancy! Forget going home, I'd live at work. Make a drink from the bar, soak in the jacuzzi, and relax. Then I'll have to come up with ride plans to keep up my on bicycling miles.
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We were nominated for the Toronto Bicycle Friendly Business Awards and have just learned that we won in the "best bike commuter parking" award, and came in 2'nd in several other categories.
With many bike commuters at our office, we're off to city hall, get fed, and come home with a trophy
Please don't tell anyone, the official announcement is Oct. 6
https://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bfba/index.htm
and its not just the 10 bike rack, we have indoor bike parking when it rains and snows, complete laundry facilities for our commuters, showers, lockers for those that keep a change of clothes here, ceiling heat lamps for those that commute in winter, keyless entry to make it easier to get your bike inside, outdoor bike washing facilities...and more
For commuters caught by bad weather, they can crash overnight...plasma TV, Jacuzzi, bar, and pull out couch...in summer there's the rooftop deck with BBQ...full kitchen facilities as well
We beat out every other company that was nominated in Toronto in parking, came in 2'nd in some of the other categories
With many bike commuters at our office, we're off to city hall, get fed, and come home with a trophy
Please don't tell anyone, the official announcement is Oct. 6
https://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bfba/index.htm
and its not just the 10 bike rack, we have indoor bike parking when it rains and snows, complete laundry facilities for our commuters, showers, lockers for those that keep a change of clothes here, ceiling heat lamps for those that commute in winter, keyless entry to make it easier to get your bike inside, outdoor bike washing facilities...and more
For commuters caught by bad weather, they can crash overnight...plasma TV, Jacuzzi, bar, and pull out couch...in summer there's the rooftop deck with BBQ...full kitchen facilities as well
We beat out every other company that was nominated in Toronto in parking, came in 2'nd in some of the other categories
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09-25-07, 03:12 PM
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. Similar to our friends at RIM "giving" every employee a "free" blackberry. They know that the employee will work longer having one (aka "I'll just check my messages" while at home)
09-25-07, 03:22 PM
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Then there is Google with even more perks. Would never even need to leave the campus.
The Google Campus at Mountain View has 11 free gourmet cafeterias (many people weight though), swimming pools, child care center, gyms, doctors on site, and more...
Funny, I did a quick Google search and came up with this story with more details...
https://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/maga...tune/index.htm
The Google Campus at Mountain View has 11 free gourmet cafeterias (many people weight though), swimming pools, child care center, gyms, doctors on site, and more...
At Google you can do your laundry; drop off your dry cleaning; get an oil change, then have your car washed; work out in the gym; attend subsidized exercise classes; get a massage; study Mandarin, Japanese, Spanish, and French; and ask a personal concierge to arrange dinner reservations.
https://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/maga...tune/index.htm
09-26-07, 08:36 AM
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much better than the office we used to rent
09-26-07, 08:40 AM
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Then there is Google with even more perks. Would never even need to leave the campus.
The Google Campus at Mountain View has 11 free gourmet cafeterias (many people weight though), swimming pools, child care center, gyms, doctors on site, and more...
Funny, I did a quick Google search and came up with this story with more details...
https://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/maga...tune/index.htm
The Google Campus at Mountain View has 11 free gourmet cafeterias (many people weight though), swimming pools, child care center, gyms, doctors on site, and more...
Funny, I did a quick Google search and came up with this story with more details...
https://money.cnn.com/2007/01/05/maga...tune/index.htm
job also came with all the electronic perq's
some companies treat their people well...some better
09-26-07, 09:47 AM
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09-26-07, 10:01 AM
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We were nominated for the Toronto Bicycle Friendly Business Awards and have just learned that we won in the "best bike commuter parking" award, and came in 2'nd in several other categories.
With many bike commuters at our office, we're off to city hall, get fed, and come home with a trophy
Please don't tell anyone, the official announcement is Oct. 6
https://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bfba/index.htm
and its not just the 10 bike rack, we have indoor bike parking when it rains and snows, complete laundry facilities for our commuters, showers, lockers for those that keep a change of clothes here, ceiling heat lamps for those that commute in winter, keyless entry to make it easier to get your bike inside, outdoor bike washing facilities...and more
For commuters caught by bad weather, they can crash overnight...plasma TV, Jacuzzi, bar, and pull out couch...in summer there's the rooftop deck with BBQ...full kitchen facilities as well
We beat out every other company that was nominated in Toronto in parking, came in 2'nd in some of the other categories
With many bike commuters at our office, we're off to city hall, get fed, and come home with a trophy
Please don't tell anyone, the official announcement is Oct. 6
https://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bfba/index.htm
and its not just the 10 bike rack, we have indoor bike parking when it rains and snows, complete laundry facilities for our commuters, showers, lockers for those that keep a change of clothes here, ceiling heat lamps for those that commute in winter, keyless entry to make it easier to get your bike inside, outdoor bike washing facilities...and more
For commuters caught by bad weather, they can crash overnight...plasma TV, Jacuzzi, bar, and pull out couch...in summer there's the rooftop deck with BBQ...full kitchen facilities as well
We beat out every other company that was nominated in Toronto in parking, came in 2'nd in some of the other categories
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09-26-07, 11:32 AM
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"There is no greater wonder than the way the face and character of a woman fit so perfectly in a man's mind, and stay there, and he could never tell you why. It just seems it was the thing he most wanted." Robert Louis Stevenson
"There is no greater wonder than the way the face and character of a woman fit so perfectly in a man's mind, and stay there, and he could never tell you why. It just seems it was the thing he most wanted." Robert Louis Stevenson
09-26-07, 01:48 PM
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Actually, we do have a couple of vacancies. Might be a long commute for some, but its a lucrative occupation.
Our top earner made about $560K/yr a while back...he's now slowing down and enjoying life (and he bike commutes as well)
Our top earner made about $560K/yr a while back...he's now slowing down and enjoying life (and he bike commutes as well)
09-26-07, 02:27 PM
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Let's see... at 560k a year, I could bike to work, work a year, bike home, take 4 years off....
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