What's behind Google's 30,000 hiring spree?

"What Google is trying to do is come up with some options to minimise the commute patterns for their employees," a property expert told local American media.

Search giant Google is reportedly set to expand its workforce in the San Francisco area by 30,000.

According to local reports, Google is purchasing and leasing office space in the region. Phil Mahoney, a broker with commercial realty firm Cornish & Carey, said, “I’ve never seen anything like this sort of expansion from any one company.”

Recently Google leased office space totalling 1.9 million square feet – the biggest office lease in California in 15 years, suggest real estate experts.

“They are leasing and buying way ahead of their hiring curve,” said David Vanoncini, a partner in the San Jose office of commercial realty firm Kidder Mathews.

“What Google is trying to do is come up with some options to minimise the commute patterns for their employees,” Vanoncini told the Mercury News.

 “Their young engineers like to live in San Francisco. So this provides an option so they don’t have to drive all the way to Mountain View. It will help Google recruit new talent.”

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