I worked for a company (not Google) that had everything you could imagine to chill, like a music studio, ping-pong, gym and much more... The result was that employees were more motivated to actually work, because we felt like the freedom was there and we could go take a break any time we wanted. The point I am trying to make is that if you install the game console in the office, is to create an cool and relaxed atmosphere, eliminating the controlling "big-brother" feeling, which is difficult sometimes for management to get used to the idea of complete freedom at work.
It is actually hard to switch from support to a different field, specially if you don't like support. The main reason is because when employers ask you for intance, what don't you like about your current job, it is easy to go on and on with negative remarks, which can scare the person interviewing you. So a small tip, try to find the positive aspects of your current position and also make sure they understand why you want this new challenge and why in support you can not reach your goals. If you follow the advice of removing your current support experience from your resume, make sure to replace that gap with something else (studying, taking time of, freelance), because they will wanna know what you been doing for the past couple of years.
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I worked for a company (not Google) that had everything you could imagine to chill, like a music studio, ping-pong, gym and much more... The result was that employees were more motivated to actually work, because we felt like the freedom was there and we could go take a break any time we wanted. The point I am trying to make is that if you install the game console in the office, is to create an cool and relaxed atmosphere, eliminating the controlling "big-brother" feeling, which is difficult sometimes for management to get used to the idea of complete freedom at work.
It is actually hard to switch from support to a different field, specially if you don't like support. The main reason is because when employers ask you for intance, what don't you like about your current job, it is easy to go on and on with negative remarks, which can scare the person interviewing you. So a small tip, try to find the positive aspects of your current position and also make sure they understand why you want this new challenge and why in support you can not reach your goals. If you follow the advice of removing your current support experience from your resume, make sure to replace that gap with something else (studying, taking time of, freelance), because they will wanna know what you been doing for the past couple of years.
But can't they just intercept the IP packet and read the email's contents first?