Some Facebook employees have a not-so-affectionate nickname for the Menlo Park building that houses its most important employee groups and executives: “the factory.”
Spanning nearly 10 acres and housing 2,800 employees in one giant, dimly lit room, it’s typical of a new wave of Silicon Valley architecture. But what’s officially known as Building 20 hasn’t won over many workers, sparking a debate about the wisdom of such big offices.
