Google is renowned for its in depth and difficult hiring tests. But even large companies in a recession sometimes have to drop their standards, and Google is no exception: the latest employees at Google are goats .
Before you think “wow, that explains Google Lively,” it should be noted that the goats are working for Google at a lower level than new product development, instead being employed to mow grass.
According to Google, the 200 goats are bought in to the Mountain View campus a week at a time to eat the Google grass and shit on it fertilize it. Because you need to move the goats onto the grass, Google has also employed a border collie called Jen who dutifully rounds up the recalcitrant Google employees.
Google claims that one of the benefits is that goats are far cuter to watch than lawnmowers. They’re either getting confused with sheep, or the previous lawn mowing staff must have been all sorts of ugly.