Obviously, there’s no benefit to Google. But it’s important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event.
– Google “chief people officer” Laszlo Bock in an interview with Forbes, on the death benefit paid to the spouses or domestic partners of deceased Google employees: With 50 percent of their salary for 10 years, immediate stock vesting and $1,000 a month for any surviving children until they reach 19 years old
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