Google holds meetings on the roof and promises to pay post-mortem;Other companies organize corporate Days dogs and even spread a red carpet for beginners ...
When in 1996, two students at Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked on a training project search engine, they are unlikely to suspect that produce the light of the worldgiant.Already in September 1998, it announced the creation of Google, since then it has grown substantially.Today it is the largest Internet search engine, which is considered the first in popularity.Monthly search engine Google handles 41 billion 345 million queries, indexes more than 25 billion Web pages and can find the information on the 195 languages of the world.According to the quarterly report, the annual income of the company amounted to 50.2 billion dollars.This figure has grown by almost 32% compared to 2011.
«Google - it is primarily men."So the company says on its official website.And the merit of its employees, management assesses very high.And creates all conditions for quality and success.Google has for the fourth time in a row topped the rating of the best companies for employment in 2013, compiled by the US Fortune magazine in collaboration with the TV channel CNN.According to Forbes, according to an anonymous survey among employees, Google was on the 4th place (leader of the ranking was the Facebook, the offices of which you can ride on a skateboard).
should be noted that throughout the world at the offices of Google in the past year had involved 53,861 staff members (37 544 at Google, 11 113 in the Motorola Mobile and in 5204 Motorola Home).In total there are more than 70 offices in 40 countries and its headquarters in Mountain View in Silicon Valley, better known as the Googleplex.There, the company moved in 2004.
high wages - an important component of the success among employees of Google.Recent studies conducted by recruitment site Glassdoor, saying that Google pays to its developers biggest salaries in Silicon Valley.This helps us to keep highly qualified staff from switching to competitors.
Basic salary software developer in Google an average of 128.3 thousand dollars a year.Competitors pay their engineers smaller: social networking site Facebook is paying employees in similar positions of the order of 123.6 thousand dollars, Apple - about 114.4 thousand dollars.Such levels of salaries led The Wall Street Journal, citing a study.
But high wages - not the only component of success.Different kinds of bonuses are doing the work in Google fabulous, by the standards of the average office worker.
«Like any large company, Google pays its employees health and pension insurance, and provides many other benefits, - said the official website of the search engine.- However, we do not limit ourselves.We strive to ensure that the support of its employees in all.Therefore, our programs provide protection not only in financial and social, but also in the physical and emotional aspects of life. "
«We want Googlers have always had the opportunity to do what he likes both at work and at leisure.We always try to take care of the health and mood of our employees. "
So, what helps maintain mood employees?Certainly, it is a free meal, qualified medical assistance in its entirety without leaving the office, and ... massage.For example, last year the employees were donated 100,000 hours of massage.Moreover, workers built three wellness center and a sports complex with a hockey rink for roller and a basketball court.
important trend - family support workers.Thus, the half-baked parents receive additional leave up to 7 weeks, and payment.The company compensates for the money spent on education and training.
Googlers interesting approach to the organization of space and the creation of an informal setting.For example, in the Kiev office in the warm season meetings and conferences are held on the roof of the office building, on the loungers and chairs made of bamboo.Design of the Moscow office is designed with a Russian flavor - with a picture of Baba Yaga, the fabulous stone at the fork and decorative amanita, and some of the conference rooms are named "38 parrots", "Pechkin" or "12 chairs" (there just are these iconicchairs).
One of the main secrets that the management is trying to take into account all the needs, based on the interests and hobbies of each.
«When defining a set of benefits and privileges we seek to build on the needs of a particular person ... and we are always ready to revise and update the existing package of bonuses".
And probably the most important and unexpected bonus - a post-mortem of benefits that last August the US launched the Google of its 34 thousand employees.It is not known whether there were precedents of payments, but the spouse of the deceased employee is owed 50% of his salary.Moreover, the widow put option in the form of shares and minor children under 19 years - $ 1,000 per month.
Examples of other companies
Google - is not the only global company that motivates employees a variety of bonuses.Thus, IT-company SAS, specializing in Business Intelligence, in 2012, built a farm for cultivation of fruits and vegetables without the use of chemical fertilizers.All grown up on the bed and then gets on the table for employees.Health care workers is not limited.SAS provides an unlimited number of sick days and the insurance covers 90% of the treatment.Moreover, the company has its own medical center and a fitness club with a swimming pool.
Every summer, the Japanese giant Hitachi dogs spend the day.Each employee brings his pet, and collectively organize a talent show.It is believed that this contributes to team building.
And at Intel each new employee greeted literally with open arms before him spread out the red carpet.Followed by familiarity with the office staff to the applause of future colleagues.
Elena Borisova
Articles Source: aif.ru
