But you could say that being good to employees is helping them make a profit. For without happy employees, they tend to leave or do their job poorly. So the food, phones, and other expenses are probably tiny compared to salaries. Some companies like Fog Creek Software believe it doing everything for employees to help them be more productive. So Google is probably doing the right thing by their stock holders in trying to attract the best people and keep them happy and engaged.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Russel Winder <[email protected]>wrote: > >> they are there to make a profit. > > > There is plenty of evidence that this is far, far from being their main > priority. For example, if it were, food would have stopped being free for > employees (and guests) on the day they went public in 2004. They wouldn't > spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to give all their > employees a free phone. I could go on. > > Anyone who has worked there will tell you that the leadership at Google is > absolutely convinced that their #1 priority is their employees. I would > even argue that "Do no evil" would come way before "making a profit" on > that priority list. > > -- > Cédric > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Robert Casto www.robertcasto.com www.sellerstoolbox.com www.lakotaeastbands.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
