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Google is suffering from a bedbug infestation in its offices in New York


Google employees work At the company’s headquarters in Chelsea, New York City, they received a notice on Sunday alerting them to a possible bedbug infestation in the office. Extermination experts arrived at the scene with a police dog and “found credible evidence of their presence,” according to an email obtained by WIRED. The email was sent to all Google employees in New York on behalf of the company’s EHS team.

Staff were asked to avoid the office until treatment was completed. On Monday morning, they were allowed to return. The email says Google is conducting additional inspections at other Google headquarters in New York, including buildings on the company’s Hudson Square campus, “out of an abundance of caution.”

The company advised employees to report “if you experience symptoms that you believe are associated with possible bedbug exposure.” Additionally, “if you suspect you have seen bed bugs on site,” employees are asked to report the sighting to the facility team. Employees have also been asked to contact professional exterminators if they find bed bugs in their homes.

Sources told WIRED that Google’s New York offices are home to a number of large stuffed animals rumored to be involved in the outbreak. WIRED was unable to verify this information prior to publication. Google declined to comment.

This isn’t the first time a Google office in New York has been infested with bed bugs. In 2010, the company’s offices were opened on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan experienced an outbreak Amid a larger bedbug infestation in New York.

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