Comments on: Ah the Perks of Working at Google… http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/ A personal finance blog dedicated to discussing such topics as budgeting, asset allocation, 401K, IRA, cash flow, insurance, financial planning, portfolio management, and other areas in personal finance. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Foobarista http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/comment-page-1/#comment-64559 Foobarista Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:07:10 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/#comment-64559 Google only hires rock-stars, and they're getting harder even for it to find since its gold-rush days are probably gone - it's simply too big and heavily valued. So, Google's management makes up for it with platinum benefits and some interesting strategies like huge cash bonuses for particular accomplishments (the article referred to them) that can be over $1M, even for non-executive employees. Hiring and retention are always Google's biggest challenges according to its executives. Really good engineers in the Valley typically want to work for pre-IPO (or at least pre-getting-bought) startups, where there's a chance to get rich. Google's past this phase, so it has to be creative. Google only hires rock-stars, and they’re getting harder even for it to find since its gold-rush days are probably gone – it’s simply too big and heavily valued. So, Google’s management makes up for it with platinum benefits and some interesting strategies like huge cash bonuses for particular accomplishments (the article referred to them) that can be over $1M, even for non-executive employees. Hiring and retention are always Google’s biggest challenges according to its executives.

Really good engineers in the Valley typically want to work for pre-IPO (or at least pre-getting-bought) startups, where there’s a chance to get rich. Google’s past this phase, so it has to be creative.

]]> By: BD http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/comment-page-1/#comment-64552 BD Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:25:47 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/#comment-64552 The company's a globally recognized brand that's part of the S&P 500 - I'd say it's fully mature. That's not to say there will never be a corporate belt-tightening, but they've explanded the number of perks since going public (not much shareholder pressure, I guess). The company’s a globally recognized brand that’s part of the S&P 500 – I’d say it’s fully mature.

That’s not to say there will never be a corporate belt-tightening, but they’ve explanded the number of perks since going public (not much shareholder pressure, I guess).

]]> By: edenz http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/comment-page-1/#comment-64452 edenz Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:39:41 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/#comment-64452 One of our partner companies near by has similar perks - free food all day in the (really nice) cafe, laundry, gym, super nice offices. The downfall - they are expected to work 80 hours a week. Not worth it in my opinion. One of our partner companies near by has similar perks – free food all day in the (really nice) cafe, laundry, gym, super nice offices. The downfall – they are expected to work 80 hours a week. Not worth it in my opinion.

]]> By: Bryan C. Fleming http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/comment-page-1/#comment-64449 Bryan C. Fleming Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:33:25 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/#comment-64449 I read this article in Fortune. I guess as far as jobs go it's not too bad hey? I wonder what kind of hours the average person is putting? They do you laundry, does that mean you don't have time for it? - Bryan I read this article in Fortune. I guess as far as jobs go it’s not too bad hey? I wonder what kind of hours the average person is putting?

They do you laundry, does that mean you don’t have time for it?

- Bryan

]]> By: Foobarista http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/comment-page-1/#comment-64405 Foobarista Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:50:20 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/01/19/ah-the-perks-of-working-at-google/#comment-64405 We live just on the other side of the 101 freeway from Google, and sometimes walk to their campus as one of our weekend walks. It's a nice place, and has livened up a part of Mountain View we used to call "The Boneyard" for all the empty buildings that were once full of fly-by-the-nighters, many of which are now full of Googlians. Some other interesting points: they're across the street from Intuit, and Sun Microsystems' old HQ is also nearby. The Computer History Museum is about six blocks away, and has "Google #1" - it's first server rack. Note: I don't actually work there; I work for a startup... We live just on the other side of the 101 freeway from Google, and sometimes walk to their campus as one of our weekend walks. It’s a nice place, and has livened up a part of Mountain View we used to call “The Boneyard” for all the empty buildings that were once full of fly-by-the-nighters, many of which are now full of Googlians. Some other interesting points: they’re across the street from Intuit, and Sun Microsystems’ old HQ is also nearby. The Computer History Museum is about six blocks away, and has “Google #1″ – it’s first server rack.

Note: I don’t actually work there; I work for a startup…

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