Google’s futuristic Silicon Valley office has TERRIBLE WiFi with staff having to go outside to connect to the internet

GOOGLE might be one of the biggest internet companies in the world but its futuristic Silicon Valley office still has terrible WiFi.

Things are so bad, in fact, that staff at the tech giant’s new swanky, eco offices in San Francisco are having to go outside just to connect to the internet.

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The bizarre circumstances mean that employees are faced with no other choice but to take their laptops outside in order to get their work done.

The “Bay View” building in California was built at a huge expense to house staff working on Google’s latest artificial intelligence projects.

At the time, the tech giant said they had created a "prototype for the workplace of the future" with their design.

Offering "flexible places designed to inspire innovation, big ideas and community”, it was the height of efficient working.

But staff have been complaining that the office is lacking the one important thing required in a modern workplace.

And despite Google’s $1.7trillion (£1.3trillion) valuation, managers are said to be telling staff to go to a nearby cafe to get reliable WiFi connections.

Google had been very proud of its eco-friendly building, designed by British architect Tom Heatherwick who is turning the BT Tower into a luxury hotel.

As well as open spaces, plenty of sofas, an on-campus hotel, laundry room and bikes to charge phones, the building boasted environmentally friendly credentials.

But now staff at Google blame the wave-like designed canopy roof for swallowing its WiFi signal.

The roof is fitted with tubular steel and solar panels to power the building entirely on electric energy but workers its shape was eating up the signal like “The Bermuda Triangle”, according to Reuters.

Google was so proud of its building it even wrote a book extolling the virtues of its Silicon Valley office.

"Since Google’s founding in 1998, we’ve relentlessly pursued this ethos of putting the user first," a line in the publication reads.

"It’s a human-centric mindset that applies to how we approach our product and services, but also extends to how we design our physical spaces and places.”

A Google spokesperson told Reuters that “we’ve had WiFi connectivity issues in Bay View” and that the company was working on a fix.

Poor WiFi isn't the only fire Google has had to put out in recent times, however.

Last month, the internet giant was forced to respond to a viral post claiming that Gmail is shutting down.

The wild hoax was spread on X - formerly known as Twitter - which led to fears millions would lose their precious emails.

Just days before, Google was once again forced into a humiliating apology after admitting its woke AI tech was “missing the mark” on historical facts.

The US search giant was last night racing to fix its image generator tool amid claims it was refusing to create images of white people even when explicitly asked.