Google have often been cited as on one of the world’s best employers. They look after their employees and create a stimulating and exciting environment to work in.
Well one of the first things is that the food in the cafeterias is free. Yes free. But they counteract that with gyms and swimming pools so you can work off those donuts.
For the musicians among the staff, Google went one further than allowing employees to bring in their guitars. They built a state of the art music studio for use by employees to help de-stress themselves!
Google have plenty of sports and entertainments for the employees including: table tennis, foosball, a climbing wall, and video games for those who like to sit for a bit.
They also have a medical facility where you can make an appointment with the doctor, and you can have a massage at the Googleplex if feeling stressed.
A free laundry service is provided as is free haircuts and if you can’t get a space in the underground car park, there is a free valet service to help!
Google do have a day care service (which isn’t free but subsidised) called the Kinderplex, so family needs are met there also.
Every year they take their employees on reward trips such as skiing or going to the casinos in Vegas! They also get a holiday bonus and a holiday gift (normally a new phone!).
Every Friday is TGIF day and here the two founders, Larry Page and Sergei Brin are joined at an All Hands meeting where people can ask them anything.
Finally, Google have what is called the 20% programme. This is when they let employees work on projects that they want to do and are interested in. This could be an entire day a week, but Google have benefited from this creativity in many key projects, one such example was the birth of Gmail.
So as you can see Google are certainly not your average employee, but then again with the advertising revenue they bring in they can afford not to be ordinary.
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