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Laszlo Bock (ex-Google HR Chief) has a whole section on his Work Rukes! book about this. It is always the bean bag, the hipster coffee, the ping pong table. Bu
by inerte 8y ago
Laszlo Bock (ex-Google HR Chief) has a whole section on his Work Rukes! book about this. It is always the bean bag, the hipster coffee, the ping pong table.
But are they copying you submit your own promotion case? Can any employee submit questions to the C-suite every week? Can you send a couple hundred dollars to anyone else at any time? Do they have ERGs?... and many more other things.
No, not that. So at the end of the day companies will copy the superficial visual easy stuff, while the things that really make the culture of a modern tech company are ignored, on purpose.
PS: Google is just an example, as some of these practices. Consider the whole before nitpicking one practice you don’t like before replying.
- pradn 8y agoMy experience of Google is that people are generally nice, respectful, and smart. I don't see any office politics - at least at my level. These things are a big part of why working here is attractive.