Facebook's New Home Might Create More Social Jobs
If you think it’s about time Facebook hit the skids and stopped its phenomenal expansion, then it’s about time you thought again! To complement the company’s incredible online growth, Facebook has decided to physically expand, and confirmed on Tuesday that its headquarters will relocate to the former Sun Microsystems campus in Menlo Park.
That’s an incredible 57 acres of land, which contains 11 buildings within its complex and can house approximately 3,600 employees within its million square feet of office space. Exciting times, and it opens the possibility of many more jobs being created in and around the world’s most famous social platform.
Facebook have entered into a 15-year lease agreement with the option to buy after the first 5 years. We’ve all heard about the impact a social media campaign can have in real terms when you use it in a search marketing campaign, but this move to larger premises shows the physical connotations between working practices and social success.
Whether you employ PPC, affiliate marketing, eCommerce web design or any other form of online marketing for your business, social media is at the stage where its benefits simply can’t be ignored for long-term success, especially if you do it properly, positively and communicate effectively with your core user base.
It’s also great news that more jobs may not only be created at Facebook, but the surrounding area as well. Rich Cline, Mayor of Menlo Park says of the move: “"What does Facebook do for Menlo Park? First, Facebook is Facebook, it's global and it's known everywhere. It's a dynamic company and it brings that dynamic brand to our town.
“We can logically draw the line that there are many companies that will find it promising to move near Facebook. ... That opportunity, for everybody who understands how businesses work, there's a long-term potential for Menlo Park to benefit for the years to come, and that's very exciting for us."
