Google gives everybody a raise

[allisolm]

I guess Google is not a company having hard times as they're giving 23,000 employees a minimum 10% raise and a $1,000 (after tax) bonus.


http://blogs.ajc.com/business-beat/...raise-to-workers/?cxntfid=blogs_business_beat

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...es-every-employee-a-1000-bonus-and-10-raise/1

 

[Vic Vega]

I'm happy for those folks.

 

[Bateluer]

Not too shabby.

 

[Renob]

Nice!

I am lucky and get a nice bonus twice a year and at least one raise

 

[SlitheryDee]

That's cool. I've heard that working for google wasn't a bad gig even before the raise.

 

[rcpratt]

Well good for them.

 

[lozina]

How awesome!

Oh wait- I'd have to work for them to get the raise?

And I though "everybody" really meant everybody

 

[Eli]

That's awesome. I wish all companies treated their employees so well.

 

[Gibson486]

That's the industry. It's feast or famine.

Look at Mathworks. Every year they give everybody in the company a huge trip. Last year, the gave the whole company a cruise to Mexico. All expenses paid. Everything from the plane ride, the parking, and the cruise itself. Then, later in the year, they had an all expense paid trip to the White Mountains (it included unlimited booze too)

 

[TrueBlueLS]

Makes me wish I could work for Google.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

sweet, now pcslookout can buy a new mop and busket

 

[dfuze]

Good news for them. It's a great way to ensure their talent stays with them and doesn't get picked off by the competition.

 

[jiggahertz]

That's the industry. It's feast or famine.

Look at Mathworks. Every year they give everybody in the company a huge trip. Last year, the gave the whole company a cruise to Mexico. All expenses paid. Everything from the plane ride, the parking, and the cruise itself. Then, later in the year, they had an all expense paid trip to the White Mountains (it included unlimited booze too)

I'd rather take the cash.

 

[Gibson486]

I'd rather take the cash.

Most people would.

 

[MrMatt]

I've never been on vacation; I'd take both trips

 

[ch33zw1z]

sweet, now pcslookout can buy a new mop and busket

lmao!

 

[Schfifty Five]

The employees at Google do work pretty hard though. Doesn't google provide a lot of services such as day care, pet care, food, sleeping quarters, etc so as to keep the employees on campus as long as they can?

 

[jman19]

sweet, now pcslookout can buy a new mop and busket

I think you just won the thread.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Good news for them. It's a great way to ensure their talent stays with them and doesn't get picked off by the competition.

This is why I believe Google is doing it. I heard other companies were trying to lure they employees away, which I kinda find hard to believe that anyone would leave. Google offers services to employees that no other company does that I know of.

 

[trmiv]

Wow, a company that views their employees as assets rather than burdens. Novel idea!

 

[bignateyk]

I've never been on vacation; I'd take both trips

You've never been on vacation? Not once in your life?

 

[dquan97]

"raise" and a "bonus"? What are these terms you speak of?

<- CA state employee

 

[allisolm]

How awesome!

Oh wait- I'd have to work for them to get the raise?

And I though "everybody" really meant everybody

LOL
At the rate they're entrenching themselves in our lives, maybe that's next.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

"raise" and a "bonus"? What are these terms you speak of?

<- CA state employee

But they actually work for there money unlike state & Govt workers................


Fast paced silicon valley life with an up or out attitude means work hard everyday!

 

[sjwaste]

This is why I believe Google is doing it. I heard other companies were trying to lure they employees away, which I kinda find hard to believe that anyone would leave. Google offers services to employees that no other company does that I know of.

Google also demands a pretty heavy work load from what I understand. Dinner's free because they expect that you'll want to grab dinner since you're working late.

I worked in big consulting for a while, so I completely understand. Friends and family thought the perks I talked about were pretty cool, but free food and free booze only goes so far when your obligations to the office/client extend well beyond a normal work day for everyone else. It was a no-brainer for me to move on when I was offered a lateral salary/career level to work a 40-45 hr week.

People leaving Google might think twice with a 10% increase, but my guess is they're already working 10% more hours than the average corporate associate at a similar/equivalent career level.