Benefits A reason for success - focus on family awareness
Google still takes good care of its employees in the afterlife. If an employee of the search giant dies, the surviving spouse or partner will receive checks worth 50 percent of the deceased's last salary for ten years. This emerges from an interview that Google HR manager Laszlo Bock gave the business magazine Forbes. "That may sound ridiculous, but we have announced a death allowance at Google," commented Bock on this step.
Under the microscope: Google is generous (Photo: pixelio.de, Alexander Klaus)
Promote intrinsic motivation
The internet giant is known for sweetening its employees' day-to-day work with a range of remuneration. Free visits to the hairdresser, in-house doctors, creative development opportunities and much more are normal in Silicon Valley. "With its benefits, Google primarily promotes the intrinsic motivation of employees. Critics may think that Google can afford it because it is so big. But the opposite is the case: These measures are one of the reasons for the company's successful development," explains Gereon Jörn, employee management expert http://menschler.com , in an interview with pressetext.
However, the fact that the surviving dependents of deceased employees are now being cared for by their former employers is new. With the ten-year checks in the amount of 50 percent, it doesn't matter how long the deceased was in the service of Google. The only requirement is that he was employed at the time of death.
Focus on togetherness
"Particularly in this currently extremely competitive economic environment, social benefits from important companies are very welcome. There are approaches, but the social aspect in the prevailing social market economy is simply far too little effective," says Franz Gober, management consultant at conusltingteam.at http://www.consultingteam.at , opposite pressetext.
Google wants to give families a hand in such a cruel phase. "The reason we're doing these things isn't because they're important to our business. It's just doing a good thing that counts. When it comes down to it, it's better for a company to work that out instead of caring for someone that doesn't, "says Bock. With this, the group primarily appeals to feelings and enables employees to look after their loved ones in the future. The focus is on togetherness and security, says Jörn
Young talent is also financed
In addition to the checks, the widow or widower receives all shares immediately after the death of the partner. The Californian search engine pays 1.000 dollars per child per month up to the age of 19. If the offspring is a full-time student, the entitlement is extended by four more years. Family plays a large role in Google's corporate compensation scheme. Fathers are entitled to six weeks of paid leave after the birth, and mothers even to more than four months.
In the past, large corporations have repeatedly attracted attention with unorthodox bonuses and remuneration for their employees. It is unclear whether Google is really not pursuing any monetary goals with this survivor's allowance.
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