Google’s is well known for its great working environment and consistently ranks
first in the best places to work at.
Some of the key characteristics of google's culture are as follows
1. It Inspires Creativity: With no restrictions on where employees must work,
encouraging employees to help them turn their workspace into a fun environment to
enhance their creativity & productivity.
2. Promotes openness
At Google, there’s easy communication at all levels, with a flat structure even the
lower-level Googler can share opinions and concerns with Googlers at the managerial
level without any hindrance
3. Set core values
The employees are given a clear idea of their expectations and aims.
Google’s company culture follows a common purpose that is direct and clear – ‘To
organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.’
4. Creating a culture of financial wellness
Google offers financial assistance and access to free on-site financial advisors to
ensure their employees remain in a good financial condition.
5. Enable company mobility/ transistion
Google, prefers to rather transfer an employee to a department where you’ve
displayed a certain level of expertise than lay you off.
It is an excellent way to retain employees and also saves recruitment and
onboarding costs.
6. Innovation is Prioritized
Innovation is a critical success factor in Google’s business
Google continuously holds pep talks and sessions to encourage staff to think
innovatively, use their creativity and offer new ideas.
7. Excellence.
Training programs are designed to motivate workers to continually improve their
output, and to not settle for mediocre results. Google’s corporate culture promotes
smartness in the workforce, and pushes employees to strive for excellent work.
8. Employee growth opportunity
Google has a employee-to-employee network called “g2g” (Googler-to-Googler). This
is a volunteer teaching network where the employees dedicate a portion of their
time to help their peers to learn and grow.
9. Employee satisfaction
Google maintains a warm work environment where employees can easily talk and share
ideas with each other, they offer several employees’ perks and benefits which
boosts the employee morale and leads to increase in productivity.
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