The HR Practices AT Google

Presented By-Shivani sharma

Poonam rani

History Google is one name in the Technology arena that is well poised to rule. Talking

of past decade, it’s been all the way up for Google and undoubtedly they have been ruling the internet economy. Google have had its impact in the industry with more than 150 products.

Google reign

1995, Mar-Dec -- Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford University and discussed ideas about a new search technology.

1996, Jan-Dec -- Brin & Page created BackRub.

1998, August-Dec -- Search for potential partners to licence their technology. One of the people they got in touch with was David Filo, the founder of Yahoo.

Hunt continued.. Help came from a Andy Bechtolsheim, one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems, in the form of $1,00,000.

Larry and Sergey opened office on September 7, 1998. The office was located in the garage of a friend's house in Menlo Park, California.

History… The name Google, though chosen by accident, indicated the company's mission

- to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. It is basically a play on the word "googol," the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros.

The website www.google.com became operational and the duo recruited their first employee - fellow Stanford student Craig Silverstein (Silverstein), who later became Google's Technical Director.

Popularity growth

10,000 searches per day in 1998 – 150 million in 2002 – above 293 million in 2009..

Google: 34,000 searches per second Yahoo: 3,200 searches per second Bing: 927 searches per second , as on 23 feb, 2010.

Work Culture at Google Google’s mission statement and corporate culture reflect a philosophy that you

can “make money without doing evil” and that “work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun”.

Every employee is a hands-on contributor, and everyone wears several hats. Treating employees with respect from day 1, feedback at every path,

allowances for paternity/maternity leaves, generous vacation policy etc..

No Googler hesitates to pose questions directly to Larry or Sergey in the weekly all-hands meetings.

Googlers tend to be happy-go-lucky on the outside, but Type A at their core.

• Page & Brin focus on creating a university environment within the office.

In 2006, Google was selected by MBA

students as the ideal place to work.

Freedom at Work Quality of Worklife is aimed at Google by providing Freedom to flex work hours

to accommodate family life while still meeting organisational goals; freedom to have a healthy work-life balance; freedom to do things differently and so on..

Time & Freedom to Innovate - 70/20/10 criteria of building innovation into management.

Presenting Ideas Before Hierarchy - Google believes that ideas and innovation can come from anywhere. Physical spaces like shared offices, long café tables, and break-out areas are specifically designed so ideas tossed around during casual conversation could become one of the next big projects for the company.

Freedom from Worries - The part-time degree program provides the option of financial assistance and necessary time away from work to successfully complete a degree programme.

• Go where no one has gone

• Bloodline - Innovation

• Motivation – Best Appreciation

Googleplex……

Professional massaging equipment and masseurs

available.

Onsite dry cleaning, plus a coin-free laundry room in the Mountain View office

Google Child Care Center, just five minutes from Google headquarters in Mountain View

Back-up child care helps California parents when their regularly scheduled child care fails through

Free shuttle service to several San Francisco, East Bay, and South Bay locations

Break rooms packed with a variety of snacks and drinks to keep Googlers going.

Five onsite doctors, free of charge

Recruitment and SelectionPhone interview

Onsite interview

Hire by committee

Applying at Google

• Up to 8 rounds of interviews for each position

• Expect a mix of intelligence and enthusiasm in prospective employee.

• Globally diverse workforce

• Google's U.S. workforce is 32% female, higher than many other technology companies.

• Non Performance of Employee is regarded as Recruiters fault

• Minimum of 120 Hours of Training per year

• This provides competitive advantage

• Growth path for every Individual

• Free to choose any type of training for self-development:

Training and Development

Monetary Benefits• Education Reimbursement Plan: Up to $8,000/year in tuition reimbursement for pre-approved, work-relevant courses

• Global Education Leave program: Enables employees to take a leave of absence to pursue further education for up to 5 years and $150,000 in reimbursement.

• Stock Options:hold them or sell the stocktransfer (sell) their options to a financial institution through a competitive bidding process.

• Take-out Benefit: Allows new parents to be reimbursed for up to $500 within the first 4 weeks that they are home with the baby.

•Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Incentive Program: It provides a $5,000 rebate to employees purchasing hybrid cars.

You can be serious without a suit.- Co-Founder Larry Page

Employee Retention

Low turnover

ratio

Knowledge retention

Low absenteeism

Employee-Employer Communication at Google

Google is known for having an informal corporate culture.

Two-way communication.Regular Surveys & Internal Blogs Treating employees with respect from

day 1,taking feedback at every path. No Googler hesitates to pose questions

directly to Larry or Sergey in our weekly all-hands meetings.

10 Reason To Work at Google

• Innovation is our bloodline.

• Good company everywhere you look.

• Uniting world, one user at a time.

• Boldly go where no one has gone before.

• There is such a thing as a free lunch after

all.

10 Reason To Work @ Google • Lend a helping hand.

• Life is beautiful.

• Appreciation is the best motivation.

• Work and play are not mutually exclusive.

• We love our employees, and we want them to know it.

Thank You