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By Laszlo Bock, Senior Vice President of People of Operations
People Search by Google Search
Posted: November 21, 2013
Google is now recruiting talented and smart people to help us connect the world with information technology and move the digital age to new heights.
We favor ability over experience because we want Google to be a place where smart and talented people from a diverse backgrounds come together to bring your whole self to work (google, 2013).
Why Work For Google?
- Company Strength, growth and reputation
According to Forbes Magazine, Google is #5 World’s Most Valuable Brands, with sales of $50.18 billion and market Cap of $268.44 billion.
- Company Perks
Medical and dental facilities, valet parking, oil change and bike repair, free washers and dryers, and free breakfast, lunch and dinner on a daily basis at its numerous gourmet restaurants on its Mountain View campus (Chatterjee, 2013).
Unlimited sick leave, a $500 take-out meal fund for new parents and opportunities to ask the founders about their vision for the future of the company (Chatterjee, 2013).
- Learn, grow and innovate
Global Education Leave program that enables employees to take a leave of absence to pursue further education for up to 5 years and $150,000 in reimbursement and a chance to be involved in significant community service (Chatterjee, 2013).
The co-founder and CEO of Google, Larry Page said, the “perfect search engine” is something that “understands exactly what you mean and gives you back exactly what you want.” This means making search smarter and faster.” “It means making our products work intuitively, so that you can share documents with Gmail contacts…and open the same tabs on your Android phone that you have open on your Chrome browser on your desktop. Above all, it means making our products work better so that people can spend time on the stuff they’re good at—like enjoying time with family…We’re not there yet, but we’re working on it”(google, 2013)
Bibliography
Chatterjee, S. (2012, January 20). Top 5 Reasons Why Google is the Best Company to Work For. International Business Times. Retrieved from http://www.ibtimes.com/top-5-reasons-why-google-best-company-work-553844
Google (2013). Retrieved from http://www.google.com/about/company/products/