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Managing Human Resources 11th Edition by Susan Jackson ,Randall Schuler,Steve Werner
Edition 11ISBN: 978-1111580223Managing Human Resources 11th Edition by Susan Jackson ,Randall Schuler,Steve Werner
Edition 11ISBN: 978-1111580223 Exercise 2
What has Google been doing that demonstrates the value of managing human resources effectively? Why do employees stay with Google?
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Google provides its employees a wide range of facilities and benefits to ensure that employees are satisfied and are loyal to the company. These benefits include:
• 20% Creative time program :
Google allocates 20% of work time on creative projects and encourages its employees to utilize this time to work on the projects of their interest. This program not only makes employees enjoy what they do and keeps them challenged, but also provides space for innovative thinking leading to some good business opportunities for the company. Orkut, Gmail, Google News, and AdSense are Google services that were all started as individual projects during the creative time program.
• Green initiatives:
Google is very enthusiastic about environmental conservation and makes every effort to be as energy efficient as possible. Google subsidizes employees who use hybrid or electric cars and have solar panels installed at their homes.
• Fair compensation and benefits:
Google adapts a thoughtful recruitment and selection process and provides employees with generous and fair compensation and benefits. The managers are held accountable and responsible for effective performance management.
• Other facilities:
Other facilities and services provided by Google include free food, onsite childcare facilities, healthcare services, free transportation services, laundry and dry cleaning services, sports facilities, holidays and leaves.
The employees at Google are provided the best of compensation, growth opportunities, space to think and innovate, facilities that increase their quality of life and appropriate work life balance. Hence, employees prefer to stay and continue to work at Google. Google has been very successful in attracting and retaining superior talent.
• 20% Creative time program :
Google allocates 20% of work time on creative projects and encourages its employees to utilize this time to work on the projects of their interest. This program not only makes employees enjoy what they do and keeps them challenged, but also provides space for innovative thinking leading to some good business opportunities for the company. Orkut, Gmail, Google News, and AdSense are Google services that were all started as individual projects during the creative time program.
• Green initiatives:
Google is very enthusiastic about environmental conservation and makes every effort to be as energy efficient as possible. Google subsidizes employees who use hybrid or electric cars and have solar panels installed at their homes.
• Fair compensation and benefits:
Google adapts a thoughtful recruitment and selection process and provides employees with generous and fair compensation and benefits. The managers are held accountable and responsible for effective performance management.
• Other facilities:
Other facilities and services provided by Google include free food, onsite childcare facilities, healthcare services, free transportation services, laundry and dry cleaning services, sports facilities, holidays and leaves.
The employees at Google are provided the best of compensation, growth opportunities, space to think and innovate, facilities that increase their quality of life and appropriate work life balance. Hence, employees prefer to stay and continue to work at Google. Google has been very successful in attracting and retaining superior talent.
Managing Human Resources 11th Edition by Susan Jackson ,Randall Schuler,Steve Werner
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