I hear ya. A friend of mine (a web developer) is working for a company that is having trouble finding good developers. He has asked me to come in and help take some of his workload (I'd get to do lots of perl) and I have tentatively agreed. But, last week I went to their office for the first time and after seeing their development space, I am having some serious second thoughts. Let me explain:

All the developers sit in a nice big room with a comfy leather couch, lots of white boards, good lighting, etc. But, in the middle of the room sits a foozball (sp?) table, and all sorts of people come in to watch/participate in the games. In addition, two of the developers are guitarists, and they have both brought in their instruments, amps, etc. and I have been told that they like to play a few times daily (and again, all sorts of people come in to hear them play).

The thing that strikes me as weird, is that all this was presented to me by my friend as a bonus for working in such a "cool" company with a "great atmosphere".

I guess my question to you all is, does this sound like a place where you could (or would want to work?)? Or does it as sound nightmarishly unproductive to you as it does to me?

Ivory