| mynameisjim |
04-18-2011 07:26 PM |
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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
(Post 18068392)
You have a point, Jim. Yahoo is just more public about their expansions. Unlike Buzz, many of their failed expansions involved buying a small upcoming company. I wonder how the accounting for these stack up to Google's inhouse ventures and whether the skyrocketing costs of Google's per employee costs will figure in their future development plans.
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I always chuckle when I saw stories about how amazing it is to work at Google with all the perks and how Google says it's the secret to their success, keeping their workers happy. Those of us who are a little older and worked in the 90's bubble remember that all too well. I remember being at companies that had all those perks like "nap rooms" and come in whenever you want, free food, pool tables, beer on Friday, etc. They claimed all those perks where the secret to their success. Then when the money got tight, it's funny how quickly they abandoned all those perks for their employees..lol.
The article you posted talked mostly about hiring, but Google will hit a rough patch, and we'll see how well they treat their employees then. It's like sports, when a team is winning, everybody gets along.
But one of these days, Google is going to need another product that produces revenue. Imagine if Apple was still trying to bet it's future on the iPod, that's pretty much what Google does with adwords. They massage the numbers to wring every ounce of cash out of Adwords but eventually the well will run dry.
Google has so much potential, but I think they need more strategy and less tech in upper management. Imagine what Steve Jobs or Bill Gates could do with Google? If those guys were in Charge, Google would own half the planet by now..lol. |
