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The google culture
Posted by: Janna Chi | December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I can almost guarantee that every University student has used Google’s services. Its most popular services are google search and google map. In 1998, Google was formed. In a relatively short time, it became the top search engine. I believe besides the good leadership in Google, a solid workforce is one of the key reasons behind the company’s success. Google employees are very satisfied. From an OB angle, when employees are satisfied, they will work harder and have loyalty to their company, which will increase the company’s productivity. We can easily understand why Google’s employees are happy by just looking at their work place. It is comfortable, colourful and casual. The ”Google way” has been established for many years. Even though the company has grown its business, it can still keep the company’s spirit till now; unlike another technology company, Hewlett Packard, which failed to continue with the HP culture and has poor leadership, and thus suffers the problem of staff dissatisfaction.
When I reseach on Google’s culture, their working environment and their culture attract me. In many companies, executives are only concerned about efficiency and ignores soft issues like company culture. Yet, Google’s success has proven that the culture of a company and team bulding are actually very important factors that can directly influence a company’s performance. Afterall, a company is a collection of people.
http://www.google.com/corporate/culture.html
