msnbc.msn.com— Getting the most out of knowledge workers will be the key to business success for the next quarter century. Here's how we do it at google.
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A bunch of self important blow hards well know for working their employees to the bone, why do you think they do their laundry at Google.....so that Joe engineer can spend more time at work.
"all that s**t about gyms and luandry is just there to trap you into working 70 hours a week and never leaving the office, it turns you into a total worker drone."The Dark Side (TM) of successful tech super star companies. If you have people who work to live you get reasonably good results. If you have people who live to work you probably get stellar results.As an investor, I'd pick a company that attracts talent on overdrive (even talent that will burn out). As a worker, I'm with you. I give reasonable return on the company's salary investment in me, but I don't kill myself. They'd probably prefer someone who worked 70 hours, but hey ... money isn't everything. Some even believe that workers are more efficient if they work only 40 hours. Depends, I guess.
There are companies that want you to work 70 hours a week and don't really offer s**t. The fact that Google has all these perks is great. If you owned a successful company, how would you run it and what perks would you offer? Perks & benefits only go so far. Show me the money. How well does Google pay? They are making 4 billion plus a year, do they pay their employees any better than other technology companies? If not, why not?
mrkojeDec 6, 2005
I want to work for a company like that... guess I will have to move to San Francisco
wmtraderDec 6, 2005
A bunch of self important blow hards well know for working their employees to the bone, why do you think they do their laundry at Google.....so that Joe engineer can spend more time at work.
donwilsonDec 6, 2005
I'm sure when the stock price deflates back to it's normal worth,
jo42Dec 6, 2005
Ten Golden Rules:1) He who has the Gold, makes the Rules.2) " " " " " "3) ...10) " " " " " "
splingDec 6, 2005
@jkfan87Does common sense mean common practice?
archimboldoDec 6, 2005
"all that s**t about gyms and luandry is just there to trap you into working 70 hours a week and never leaving the office, it turns you into a total worker drone."The Dark Side (TM) of successful tech super star companies. If you have people who work to live you get reasonably good results. If you have people who live to work you probably get stellar results.As an investor, I'd pick a company that attracts talent on overdrive (even talent that will burn out). As a worker, I'm with you. I give reasonable return on the company's salary investment in me, but I don't kill myself. They'd probably prefer someone who worked 70 hours, but hey ... money isn't everything. Some even believe that workers are more efficient if they work only 40 hours. Depends, I guess.
newtonappleDec 6, 2005
kinda ironic that this is hosted on MSN. especially more interesting about the chair throwing comment.
enzomediciDec 6, 2005
There are companies that want you to work 70 hours a week and don't really offer s**t. The fact that Google has all these perks is great. If you owned a successful company, how would you run it and what perks would you offer? Perks & benefits only go so far. Show me the money. How well does Google pay? They are making 4 billion plus a year, do they pay their employees any better than other technology companies? If not, why not?