Which Googler holds the record for living at Google HQ?

This isn't the record for longest stay but I thought you'd enjoy this amusing story... it's about staying overnight in the office on Christmas Eve to keep Santa alive for all the children. Though I've stayed overnight at Google many times, this one night was by far the most memorable. read more

Current Records on Google Property (including parking lots): 1. Ben Discoe, Google [x] UI programmer. 13 months: 10/2011-11/2012. Lived in Conversion Van. 2. Matthew j Weaver, Staff Site Ecologist. 54 weeks: 7/2005-8/2006. Lived in RV behind pi/C/e (now gwc-*) 3. Anonymous (need more details) 12/2011-Present. Current Record using only Google Buildings: 1. read more

It helped that his employer was Google – and that Google HQ in Mountain View, California is one of the most progressive and all-round awesome places that you can work at in the world. We know this because Ben wasn’t the only employee to live at the Googleplex. 13 Months on campus. Ben Discoe moved into Google HQ for pragmatic reasons. read more

Not impressed: Google's co-founder Larry Page (pictured) scrapped the initial design for a £1billion London headquarters, and ordered the team to come up with a more ‘Googley’ building In the meantime, most staff are making do with its Covent Garden offices which feature allotments, a dance studio, rocking chairs, acoustic airlocks and a padded cell for meetings. read more