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The perks are an unmatched tool for building Google's reputation and attracting the best engineers to join the company. But once you've been there for a few mon
by weareconvo 14y ago
The perks are an unmatched tool for building Google's reputation and attracting the best engineers to join the company. But once you've been there for a few months, you adapt - that's just what humans do. Pretty soon it all just feels normal and boring.
Case in point - "Noogler" is what a new employee is called. They would often wonder when you're no longer considered a Noogler, and the commonly-given answer was, "You're not a Noogler anymore as soon as you publicly complain about the free food." It usually only takes a month or two.
- rumcajz 14y agoOn the other hand, it probably makes leaving Google for another company quite painful.
- capisce 14y agoThat's probably the point.
- fourstar 14y agoThat's when they turn into Entitled Googlers.
- weareconvo 14y agoThat's exactly what it looks like from the outside. But it isn't. It's just human beings adapting to their environment. This tendency is why maintaining a sense of awe and gratitude toward life is such a major component of spiritual thought.
- chii 14y agobut discontent is what drives the progress - people feeling satisfied all the time would basically not produce new stuff to fill the constant black hole of desire and wants.
- seunosewa 14y agowithout discontent, no one would care about the lack of progress. :)
- chii 14y agotechnically correct...the best kind of correct :)
- weareconvo 14y agoi totally agree, and i furthermore think (but cannot prove) that the traditions of buddhism and confucianism that pervade asian societies to varying degrees may be responsible for their lack of entrepreneurial activity, which ultimately hurts their economies. buddhism encourages you to be satisfied with your life without desiring more, and confucianism encourages you to fit in rather than to stand out, which is why, for example, japanese companies very frequently hire CEOs who are foreigners - very few japanese people have the inclination to stick their necks out.