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Google profited over 8.5 billion in Q1. There's no way food could be a relevant operating cost for them.
by johnrob 15y ago
Google profited over 8.5 billion in Q1. There's no way food could be a relevant operating cost for them.
- haberman 15y agoYou don't profit 8.5 billion dollars by spending money every time a self-important internet critic thinks you ought to.
- jrockway 15y agoInterestingly, if you say this in a "oh noes, my spam ads got pulled from Google and they won't talk to me on the phone!" thread, you get downmodded to oblivion.
- yanw 15y agoYou're missing the point. Google has this manual monotonous task of scanning millions of books, so they choose the company that offers the most cost effective workforce, paychecks and launch breaks are taken care of by the contractor Google hires as they don't pay those workers directly.
- noway444 15y agofact: feeding 26,316 employees every day has zero effect on the bottom line.
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- jcampbell1 15y agoGoogle's profit was 2.8 billion on 8.5 billion in revenue.
- benmccann 15y agoIt absolutely does have an affect on the bottom line. How much do you think it costs to feed an employee for a year? On top of the gourmet cafes, don't forget that an employee is never 50 from food throughout the day. Now multiply by the 25,000 employees. You'll get a number that is very big even for a company of Google's size.