Task #8 - Working at Google

WOW!  Who wouldn't want to work at GOOGLE!  Who wouldn't want to work for an organisation that seems to genuinely try and avoid bureaucracy!?  An organisation who aims to trust, cares for and respect their employees while challenging them to THINK, be CURIOUS, INVENTIVE and CREATIVE!

Google seem to understand that what makes any organisation great is it's people!  And what work place wouldn't benefit from the adoption and genuine practise of this ethos!?  Google clear has identified the importance of not leaving the cultural of their organisation this to chance by the inclusion of a Cultural Officer as part of their administration team.  Kudos!  If something is important enough, it should never be left to chance! 

The lessons I believe all organisations could learn from Google in the words of Google employees [as found in the YouTube video, 'A Day in the Life of Google']

Julian Wong -  "It's the culture that has really kept me here."

Or as Bob Jervis puts in in the same video , "People are here because they really want to be here and I wanted to be a part of that."

And if that wasn't enough to convince you that Google's ideology is something we could all learn from, the words of Amanda Camp, "If you really feel like you're cared about you can't help but feel that you want to give it back and be loyal." 

My developing understanding of what Web 2.0 is all about - people interactive and collaborating with and through technology, appears to be at the heart of what the Google organisation is all about.  No wonder they appear to constantly appear to be at the fore front of new developments involving the WWW.

GO GOOGLE!!!  Any job for me?  I love the notion of being about the start work at 11am!

'Imagination is everything.  It is the preview of life's coming attractions.'

Albert Einstein [a man who I believe would have loved working at Google]

PS:  I am also quite taken with Google's openness to feedback and interaction with the general public.  They are true to their word that the best ideas do not always come from the top.  In looking through their website I stumbled across a competition that anyone can enter, including students, to design a Google logo for publication as part of their search engine.  Very cool!

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/