Overview
- An internal email said exterminators with a sniffer dog found credible evidence of bed bugs at Google’s Chelsea campus and instructed employees to avoid the site until treatment.
- The office was treated overnight and staff were permitted to return on Monday morning, according to the company notice reported by WIRED and Page Six.
- Google initiated additional inspections at other New York locations, including Hudson Square, as a precaution.
- The company urged workers to report potential exposure symptoms and on-site sightings and to contact professional exterminators if they detect bed bugs at home.
- Unverified reports referenced large stuffed animals and a live internal tracker for staff updates, and Google declined to comment publicly; experts note bed bugs spread easily and can be hard to eliminate.