'Not the same culture': Google employee compares Bengaluru and New York offices. Watch

The video attracted widespread attention, with several users responding positively to her account.

A Google employee based in Bengaluru has triggered an online discussion after sharing her observations from a visit to the company’s New York City office, highlighting contrasts in everyday working styles between the two locations.

Diksha Aggarwal, who works at Google’s Bengaluru campus, posted a short video on Instagram documenting her visit to the company’s New York office. In the reel, she reflected on how office culture varies between India and the United States, beginning with a direct comparison. “Culture of Indian Google office and New York Google office culture is not same,” she says in the clip.

Aggarwal describes the Bengaluru workplace as lively and highly interactive, where employees frequently engage with one another and collaborate closely. In contrast, she characterises the New York office as more individual-centric, with employees largely working on their own while maintaining high levels of output.

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She also points to differences in office rules and environment. According to Aggarwal, alcohol is permitted within the New York office premises, something that is not allowed at Google’s Indian offices. In the video, she further mentions that dogs are allowed at the New York workplace, unlike in Bengaluru.

Despite these distinctions, Aggarwal emphasises that a core aspect of Google’s work culture remains unchanged across locations. “But one thing remains same. Freedom to think big,” she says, adding that ideas are encouraged and taken seriously regardless of geography. She concludes the video by noting, “That is why Google is different in every city but feels like Google only.”

The video attracted widespread attention, with several users responding positively to her account. One commenter wrote, “This is such an insightful reel! I love the way you covered it,” while another said, “This is such an insightful video.”

Others praised her presentation style, with one user commenting, “I really love your detail oriented videos,” and another adding, “This kind of comparison really helps people understand global work culture better.”

Aggarwal captioned the post, “India aur New York, Google ka culture same nahi hai,” which translates to a statement that the work culture at Google’s India and New York offices is not the same.