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A Google logo is seen at the garage where the company was founded on Google's 15th anniversary in Menlo Park, California September 26, 2013. REUTERS

Because of the many perks enjoyed by Google employees, ranging from gourmet food to gym to laundry facilities, some wise workers manage to go around the giant tech firm's policy that no one should live in its office.

A Quora thread disclosed that some workers managed to be rent-free by sleeping inside their cars on parking lots and enjoying the freebies that one employee slept in his camper for 2 to 3 years, which allowed the chap to save money and buy a house because of his rent-free privilege.

"I lived in a Volvo station wagon ... I set up a twin mattress from IKEA and put up black curtains (on the 90% blacked out windows) and slept there mostly every night," the Google employee wrote.

A Google programmer named Ben Discoe likewise lived in the tech giant's campus for 13 months because of house payments and alimony. To save on rent, he purchased a 1990 GMC Vandura for $1,800, which he also outfitted with IKEA cushions and black curtains.

Discoe recalled that a security guard noticed him parked at Googleplex, but when the guard found out that he was an employee of Google, he didn't bother him again.

However, with this thread surely to be read by Google officials, the company may be stricter in checking parked vehicles to see if employees are sleeping inside. But it would be more challenging because of the 24/7 work environment in the campus, unlike in a regular office where majority of workers leave the place after work hours.

They could also likely cut on perks that would allow rent-free living in the Asian campuses that Google plans to build in Seoul, South Korea and in Telangana, Hyderabad, India. Google employs 3,000 Indians at its Hyderabad office. It is still sorting out some issues with land allocation to be able to build a campus where the walk-to-work concept could be applied.

Here's a peek at Google's to-die-for California campus from the eyes of a recent visitor.

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