Comments on: Quitting from the World’s Best Company to Work for http://blog.wonghongting.com/2009/01/19/quitting-from-the-worlds-best-company-to-work-for/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Quitting from the World’s Best Company to Work for - incub3.org http://blog.wonghongting.com/2009/01/19/quitting-from-the-worlds-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-791 Quitting from the World’s Best Company to Work for - incub3.org Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:36:33 +0000 http://blog.wonghongting.com/?p=119#comment-791 [...] Original Posting at: http://blog.wonghongting.com [...] [...] Original Posting at: http://blog.wonghongting.com [...]

]]> By: HT http://blog.wonghongting.com/2009/01/19/quitting-from-the-worlds-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-643 HT Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:39:33 +0000 http://blog.wonghongting.com/?p=119#comment-643 Hoey Lit>> Given the EXCELLENT food that we were served in Google, doesn't that exceed expectations already? :-) On a more serious note, I guess it boils down to the experience. If you get to work with someone, be it a superior or a colleague that you could learn a lot from, or work on something that is out of the world, it would always exceed your expectation because expecting to experience these things is entirely different from the adrenaline rush going through it. As an analogy, seeing wolves in photographs is totally dwarfed by the thrill from seeing one with our very own eyes. The question for Google (or any other company for that matter) I guess, is how to do the quality control on these experiences. Hoey Lit>> Given the EXCELLENT food that we were served in Google, doesn’t that exceed expectations already? :-)

On a more serious note, I guess it boils down to the experience. If you get to work with someone, be it a superior or a colleague that you could learn a lot from, or work on something that is out of the world, it would always exceed your expectation because expecting to experience these things is entirely different from the adrenaline rush going through it. As an analogy, seeing wolves in photographs is totally dwarfed by the thrill from seeing one with our very own eyes.

The question for Google (or any other company for that matter) I guess, is how to do the quality control on these experiences.

]]> By: Ben Leong http://blog.wonghongting.com/2009/01/19/quitting-from-the-worlds-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-642 Ben Leong Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:40:53 +0000 http://blog.wonghongting.com/?p=119#comment-642 <i>disgruntled ex-Googlers were mainly sales and recruitment personnel</i> There is another thing that you have to understand. Different companies have different cultures. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. What does this mean? In Google, the first class citizens are the engineers; in hospitals, the first class citizens are the doctors; in bankers, the first class citizens are (surprise, surprise) the bankers; in law firms, they are obviously the lawyers. All the support stuff in these respective industries will only get sub-par remuneration and benefits and they will obviously never be happy. ;-P Such is life. disgruntled ex-Googlers were mainly sales and recruitment personnel

There is another thing that you have to understand. Different companies have different cultures.

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

What does this mean? In Google, the first class citizens are the engineers; in hospitals, the first class citizens are the doctors; in bankers, the first class citizens are (surprise, surprise) the bankers; in law firms, they are obviously the lawyers.

All the support stuff in these respective industries will only get sub-par remuneration and benefits and they will obviously never be happy. ;-P Such is life.

]]> By: HT http://blog.wonghongting.com/2009/01/19/quitting-from-the-worlds-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-641 HT Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:15:11 +0000 http://blog.wonghongting.com/?p=119#comment-641 Just a interesting note, I looked further down the comments section later, and realized that a Googler highlighted that the disgruntled ex-Googlers were mainly sales and recruitment personnel. Brings to mind the age old question of balancing the managing of programmers and sales people within the same company. Perhaps the Informance method of having the employees being all around the world (despite being a small start-up) is not a bad solution after all. Just a interesting note, I looked further down the comments section later, and realized that a Googler highlighted that the disgruntled ex-Googlers were mainly sales and recruitment personnel. Brings to mind the age old question of balancing the managing of programmers and sales people within the same company. Perhaps the Informance method of having the employees being all around the world (despite being a small start-up) is not a bad solution after all.

]]> By: Hoey Lit http://blog.wonghongting.com/2009/01/19/quitting-from-the-worlds-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Hoey Lit Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:11:02 +0000 http://blog.wonghongting.com/?p=119#comment-638 On your point: Set High Expectations, then Exceed Them. Google has already set high expectations among employees and wannabe employees. How do you advice Google to exceed these expectations? On your point: Set High Expectations, then Exceed Them.
Google has already set high expectations among employees and wannabe employees. How do you advice Google to exceed these expectations?

]]> By: Ben Leong http://blog.wonghongting.com/2009/01/19/quitting-from-the-worlds-best-company-to-work-for/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Ben Leong Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:42:53 +0000 http://blog.wonghongting.com/?p=119#comment-635 <i>Either be a HR expert, or hire one if you want to run a company</i>. Well said. HR is often under-appreciated. But it's actually an extremely important function. Read "Winning", Jack Welch. Google is a special company. It's not so much the perks. Fact is that smart people like to work with smart people. So if you can start a virtuous cycle where lots of smart people work for you, you will get more and more smart people knocking on your doors. :-P Psychology is important: the smart ones really aren't just looking for money 'cos they know they can make money at 2 million other places. It's stuff like learning and growth and doing cool stuff that attracts them. Either be a HR expert, or hire one if you want to run a company.

Well said. HR is often under-appreciated. But it’s actually an extremely important function. Read “Winning”, Jack Welch.

Google is a special company. It’s not so much the perks. Fact is that smart people like to work with smart people. So if you can start a virtuous cycle where lots of smart people work for you, you will get more and more smart people knocking on your doors. :-P

Psychology is important: the smart ones really aren’t just looking for money ‘cos they know they can make money at 2 million other places. It’s stuff like learning and growth and doing cool stuff that attracts them.

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