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It is not of much surprise that US-based software giant Google continues to top the charts for “World’s Best Multinational Workplaces”. Maintaining that position consecutively requires special efforts. With Google receiving continent wide applications for limited jobs, there has to be a force which is driving the applicants to apply and the present employees to perform at the best of their abilities and talents.
The California based company provides perks for employees such as unlimited sick leaves, onsite medical staff and a salon, increasing monetary benefits, massage programmes to relieve stress and many more. It allows employees to take frequent breaks to go to the gym or even play a volleyball match. Along with this, the company allows its employees to spend 20% of the work time doing things that interest them leading to innovative thinking. More importantly, the company due to these efforts gets the most productivity. Despite all the fun activities and pampering, Google constantly ensures that employees perform. The truth is that not only does work get done, but the staff usually surpass management expectations by delivering exemplary work.
I believe that it is a great method adopted by Google to keep its employees satisfied by ensuring that they all love coming to the workplace. It ensures that all its employees are motivated to carry out the tasks before the deadline. I am of the opinion that the motivation strategy adopted by the tech company has a lot to do in its success. The thinkers have greatly researched on motivational techniques which can increase productivity of individuals from different countries.
Having read a Google article before on social media, I could relate it to the Organizational Behaviour lecture on “Motivation and its methods”. We learned that motivation is not only restricted to monetary benefits but also achieved through organizational and team rewards. Employees on a whole, want to have an enriching experience in the workplace in order to work efficiently and effectively. They should constantly be motivated which, I believe Google is perfect at. Well, if someone needs to learn how to motivate employees, Google’s office is a perfect place to visit.
- “The Google Way of Motivating Employees.” Cleverism. N.p., 06 Sept. 2016. Web. 05 Feb. 2017.
- Http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/reporters/agamoni-ghosh. “Google Is the Best Company to Work For, Third Year in a Row.” International Business Times UK. N.p., 14 Oct. 2015. Web. 05 Feb. 2017.
- D’Onfro, Jillian. “An Inside Look at Google’s Best Employee Perks.” Inc.com. Inc., 21 Sept. 2015. Web. 05 Feb. 2017.