Google has one of the most famous work environments in the world. The sprawling main campus, Googleplex, with a complete list of amenities, including gourmet chefs, leisure activities, and quirky designs, attracts the brightest employees from around the globe. This unique work environment enables Google to not only hire top talent but facilitate a work environment that caters to innovation. This innovation is what allows Google to enjoy so much success with their constantly improving applications and programs. Google’s work environment maintains a skilled, hard-working organization made up of highly-motivated employees satisfied with their jobs, allowing them to achieve such success.
With the rapid rise of any new and rapidly developing company many might assume that skilled employees are difficult to find, assimilate into the organizational culture, and retain, however, Google has accomplished this. This can be attributed to a number of advantages that derive from Google’s reputation. First, they are one of the most visible companies in the world. The number of applicants for positions at Google is astonishing. After news broke that the company planned to hire more employees in 2011 than ever before, they received over 75,000 applications within a week (Young). What is clear from this statistic is the fact that people want to work for Google. They have created an organizational culture with a work environment that people desire. What is clear is the incredible talent pool Google is able to draw from this massive influx of applications. A second advantage directly deriving from the work environment is the company’s ability to retain its workforce. Many employees have been with the company from the start and are now rising to take roles in upper management. The company had an employee attrition rate of only 4% in 2005, which, relative to the national average of 29.3%, is very low (Kopytoff). Google’s human resources director, Stacey Sullivan attributes this to the work environment her company provides. It is not the fortunes that could be made by employees, or that have already been made by the earliest of employees who exercised low priced stock options, but the opportunities Google enables its employees to seize. The work is meaningful as employees can work closely together in order to implement innovative ideas and benefits that few other company’s can offer (Kopytoff). Employees enjoy their work and feel motivated to work diligently.
Google’s ability to locate, hire, and retain top-talent from around the world is closely related to their skill in creating a unique work environment. They create a meaningful and motivating work environment for these employees so they can work to their full potential. Motivation is kept high by the well-planned and unique work environment Google has designed. Although it may be considered unorthodox by many it works in a practical manner to enable Google to work to its full potential. This work environment at Google results is a great advantage that enables the success and innovation the company has enjoyed thus far.
Works Cited
Kopytoff, Verne. "Instant Wealth Makes Employee Retention Google's Big Challenge." SFGate. Web. 25 Apr. 2011.
Young, Rob. "Google Gets Swarmed with Job Applications | Search Engine Journal." SEO & Search Engine News : SEJ. Web. 25 Apr. 2011.
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