Why is Google the best place to work?
I am always interested in topics about motivating employees or job satisfaction because I think it is one of the most important issues that drives a company to succeed. A lot of companies are too focused on the numbers in profit and neglected the importance of getting satisfied employees.
So what makes Google rank the number one place to work for the seventh time in 10 years?
I summarized the article and concluded to one answer, which is the idea of motivating employees.
Not surprisingly, there are 86% of Google employees commented to be either extremely satisfied or daily satisfied with their job. Their employees also think that their work makes the world a better place which means that they agree with their company’s goal and think that working for Google is meaningful.
The company even allows the employees to have 20% free time of their work time and they can do whatever they want. I was surprised by the fact that there are a lot of innovative Google application being invented during this crucial 20% free time. I think Google is the best example of showing the importance of caring their employees and make them happy to work for the company. A lot of companies are afraid to increase the flexibility because they assumed that their employees would be laid back if there are fewer rules. However, Google gave out a new dimension of increasing productivity by increasing flexibility in work. And the key idea behind is because they make their employees love to work in the company. They trust and care for the employees and value each of their satisfaction in work. This build a close relationship between the company and workers and that motivate them to do their best at work!
Google PGH office
- Langton, Robbins, Judge, Organizational Behaviour, 7th edition, p. 130