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Running tracks, sleep pods and treehouses: how companies are helping you work

An employee writes a note on the message board at the new headquarters of Facebook in Menlo Park, California January 11, 2012. The 57-acre campus, which formerly housed Sun Microsystems, features open work spaces for nearly 2,000 employees on the one million square foot campus, with room for expansion. Picture taken January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MEDIA TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E81D0BPF01

Facebook boasts the world’s largest open floor plan at its headquarters in California. Image: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Briony Harris
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Would you work better in a treehouse? Image: Microsoft
GoDaddy employees can get around on go-karts. But does it help them work faster? Image: godaddy.com
A 9-acre roof garden – the perfect antidote to too much time staring at a screen? Image: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO
Workers in Google’s London HQ can take naps in a sleep pod Image: Reuters
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