Google receives 1 to 3 million applications each year, and the company grows by about 5,000 people annually. Everything that makes a company great comes from its employees, and those great employees come from being recruited. The theme that Bock refers to throughout the entire book: recruiting. Lucky for us, Bock does not hide his secret to success. Named as the #1 Best Company to Work For in the United States and 16 other countries, Google is obviously doing something right. The magic of employee engagement and satisfaction is found in the true culture of an organization – such as the three defining aspects of Google’s culture: having a mission that matters, staying transparent, and giving its employees a voice. However, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google, clarifies the common misconception that Google employees (or “Googlers”) like their jobs simply because of the benefits.īock outlines the culture of this giant tech firm in a way that makes it understandable and easy to implement in any other organization – regardless of the amount of money available to spend on “outrageous” benefits. Book: Work Rules: Insights from Inside Google By Laszlo Bockįree food or free onsite services such as ATMs, bike repair, dry cleaning, or hair salons might be the reason why getting into Harvard is almost twenty-five times easier than getting hired by Google.
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