Employees+Perks=Productivity

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All the talk about Zappos’ corporate culture in class made me want to find more companies that also have great corporate culture. After a little “Googling” I found out that Google actually has one of the best corporate cultures in the world -no wonder they’re so productive-. The work environment in the “Googleplex” is phenomenal, their employees enjoy perks of all sorts, from free meals to napping stations, and from stress relieving gyms to pajama days.

See why Google employee’s have a hard time leaving the office:

There is undoubtedly a connection between corporate culture and corporate success, but is a company’s culture the cause of its success or merely a result?

As seen in the case of Zappos, the employees appear to be much happier than most call centers. However, the video on Zappos shown in class seemed to suggest that Zappos is successful because of its corporate culture; I agree that it is a major contributing factor in its success, but it is not the most important (as with all other companies). It is crucial to have good culture (shared values and mission, trust and commitment amongst employees etc.)  in order to maximize performance but I still believe the business strategy is what makes or breaks a company.