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Google Says Google’s Perks Are Overrated, and Belt-Tightening Is Underrated

in Media on October 7, 2009 at 12:41 pm PT

Hey Googlers! All those perks the company is famous for: The great food, the high-end daycare, the fancy bathrooms? Overrated, your bosses say. So is the dream of getting insanely wealthy at your job. Instead, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said today, you ought to be happy to work at Google…because it’s Google.
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Marketers Are Never Gonna Dance Again, Thanks to Google

in News on August 12, 2009 at 2:11 pm PT

Some people go to conferences for the networking, others go for the keynote session and still others, apparently, go for the dancing. Not this year. One of the highlights of the annual Search Engine Strategies conference in San Jose, Calif., has been Google’s party, known as “Google Dance,” at its Mountain View headquarters. The search giant canceled it this year, however, citing cost-cutting efforts.