The fact that everyone has heard of Google shows just how widely successful this company is. It is large and popular, with over 1 000 000 applicants and around 400 000 workers. What makes this company a so well sought after business to work for? In part it has a lot to do with its organizational culture.
Organizational culture is defined as the beliefs and assumptions that make up the atmosphere of a company. Google has a very relaxed cultural environment that is very welcoming to its employees. People enjoy going to work due to its very positive and friendly atmosphere. Employees do not have a firm dress code, are allowed casual hours and are very team and people orientated. They even are allowed to bring pets such as dogs to work!. Their management makes them feel more like equals to them rather than pose as overbearing figures dominating with control.
While this may be very informal and seem somewhat unprofessional this method is working in Google’s favour. Employees who feel comfortable at work and actually enjoy coming to their jobs everyday, act more productively then ones that don’t. This open environment allows employees more room to be innovate and act effective to the company. All work and no play is definitely not one of Google’s mottos and they are showing that suits and ties don’t have to be the only way to run a company.