Google Hr

Google has a unique approach to everything that it does and its approach to Human Resources Management is no exception. “Ranked by Fortune Magazine as the best of the 100 best companies to work for,” (Book 712) Google seems to be excelling at Human Resources by taking an unconventional route to getting the job done just like their business decisions. One of Google’s methods is to correlate personal traits from employees’ survey answers to actual performance and then using the collected data to screen job candidatesRecently, Fortune Magazine released it’s “100 Best Companies to Work For 2007″ and Google’s Mountain View, California campus was number one. Their employees are exceedingly loyal. “A team of wild horses couldn’t drag me away,” says one employee. They’re even more than willing to work all nighters without question. Google emploeyees work very hard but their work environment is catered to keep them happy and also have the kind of environment where people can think of new ideas. Free meals from 11 on-site gourmet restaurants and snack rooms all over, complete with cereal, candy, fresh fruit, cappucino makers, the works, An on-site fitness center, complete with weigh room, lap pool, personal trainers and massages. Five on-site doctors and, you guessed it, all free, Game rooms that include pool tables, foosball, ping-pong, and arcade games. Rock-climbing walls, beach volleyball and roller hockey twice a week in the parking lot. Engineers can spend 20% of their time at work on independent projects. Employees can bring their dogs to work, so long as their co-workers don’t mind, the dogs are not aggressive, are free of fleas and the owners clean up after them. Pajama day, TGIF parties every week and charity events on-site, Six weeks paid sabbatical available for every 6 years an employee works there (537 employees took sabbaticals last year). Free car washes and oil changes on-site. If an employee wants to buy a hybrid vehicle, Google will give her