Let’s face it, Google is massive – it’s the wonderful omnipresent leader in search.
Due to its accelerated business growth Google has gone from a 2 man show to an estimated 10 000 strong staff complement in 9 years. This leaves me asking the question, how is it that a company that has grown (and is growing) so fast managing it HR aspects?
With Google receiving in excess of 1000 resumes a day it seems like it must be the perfect place to work. Oprah recently ran a short piece on the top companies to work for and Google ranked top. Not surprising considering what they offer:
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Talking of growth...
Every time I see one of these "tours through the Googleplex" I notice how darn empty their gyms are. The legendary "Google 15" (15 pounds on average weight gained) must come from somewhere - perhaps all that good food at constant arms length, eh?
It's a real problem in any IT company - I reckon management should make it mandatory that you spend an hour playing outside each day, and get off the damn computer for a bit.
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