RxOrganics Visits Facebook Headquarters!

RxOrganics Visits Facebook Headquarters!

This week our company had the privilege to tour Menlo Park's Facebook headquarters and little did we know what to expect when we turned onto 1 Hacker Way for our workday excursion. 

Immediately off to a good note we happily took advantage of the free valet parking only to get as far as 9 feet before we had to stop and take pictures of the impressive line of electric vehicles charging and what would be one of many iconic Facebook-blue bike lots we'd see that afternoon. Environmentally-friendly transportation - check!

After a seamless sign-in process at the lobby (using self-service ipads of course), our next stop was lunch. As soon as we stepped out onto the pristine campus's paved walkways we were immediately transported into a new world. Walking around in a state of amazement, the feeling was comparable to being in a small college town with everything you could possibly want or need - including a plethora of food options. After much deliberation we selected Harvest, a salad bar that served 100% organic and locally sourced ingredients. Lettuces, sprouts, and veggies were hand-picked from farms in neighboring central coast locations such as Hollister, Monterey, and Santa Cruz. To say our salads were fresh would be an understatement! Organic and sustainable cuisine - check!

With happy bellies we continued our tour sightseeing (posing as obvious "tourists" with cameras in hand and pointing at literally everything, even the plants). To list a few observations, there was on-site health and dental services, a spa, an arcade, a Facebook shopfront, and a pop-up retail space that rotated weekly featuring various products from Bay Area vendors. In addition there are multiple snack carts loaded with goodies to fuel oneself throughout the day as well as tech accessory vending machines stocked with chargers, keyboards, and phone gadgets if extras are needed. One could say Facebook employees are equipped with a favorable amount of necessities and luxuries all of which are readily available to them at their coding fingertips.

If you ever get the chance to visit Facebook you will notice that there is no grass anywhere throughout the campus, but rather low-irrigation, drought-friendly perennial plants! Major points here for water conservation. Their zen garden was lush with an assortment of low shrubs and succulent arrangements while native trees peacefully shaded pathways. Green landscaping - check!

Another benefit of our tour was getting to experience the Instagram side of things (acquired in 2012 for $1 billion by Facebook). Some fun visual interactive play opportunities here including #jessiethepacer. Previously owned by two traveling Instagrammers, Jessie, a 1977 AMC Pacer turned photo booth, plays music and captures your "road adventures" which you can instantly share on Instagram of course! BTW follow us at @rxousa!

We got to play with a floor to ceiling touch screen interactive global analytics wall, by far one of the coolest things to see and naturally we wrapped up our day at the Facebook wall where RxOrganics joined a community of Facebook visitors in leaving their mark. This Silicon Valley social media site surely impressed and we had nothing left to do but to "like" and "share" this experience! Thank you for a wonderful time Facebook HQ!

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