A workplace designed for teams
The way the world works has changed, but the office remains an essential part of Google’s culture. Our research shows that innovation is born from small, tight-knit teams working together to do big things. So at St. John’s Terminal we’ve applied research about how Googlers work today to create a workplace that is designed around teams first.
St. John’s Terminal will feature a new shared neighborhood seating model. Instead of every employee having their own assigned desk, every team will have an assigned area that acts as its home base. These neighborhoods aren’t one-size-fits-all: they have a variety of desks, meeting rooms, phone booths and communal tables for the different types of work Googlers do every day. In other offices where we’ve piloted shared neighborhoods, Googlers have told us that these new spaces foster greater levels of social connection and team cohesion.