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Google Perks Are Great, But They All Mean Business 289

megazoid81 writes "While there have been complaints of late, Google was recently named the best place to work according to the widely read annual Forbes survey, in its first appearance on the list. The plethora of perks at Google does make you wonder though what kind of hours the company expects its employees to keep. In the context of Google's perks, a Knowledge@Wharton article explains that there are two kinds of workers: segmentors and integrators. Segmentors want to maintain a strict separation between work and home while integrators don't mind mixing the two. The piece posits that segmentors might actually mind too many perks at their workplace and find their commitment eroding. Does Google have a disproportionate number of integrators in its workforce? What kind of worker are you — segmentor or integrator?"
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Google Perks Are Great, But They All Mean Business

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  • Re:*Groan* (Score:3, Informative)

    by Noryungi ( 70322 ) on Friday March 23, 2007 @01:55PM (#18461397) Homepage Journal
    Except I live in France, and I can tell you that, honestly, no one who lives in France actually works 35 hours per week. Those who do are probably pencil-pushers bureacrats.

    On the other hand, you get several (paid!) weeks of holidays every year, as well as extra days since you don't work 35 hours per week. And paid sick days, and other perks. I'd rather have that than the Google perks. Even though those tasty restaurants sound appealing.

    I may move to the USA in the future (long story, don't ask) and I am frankly not looking forward to it...

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