Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998

Re:Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998 by dekhn on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:14PM (#37399094)

Most of what Google did was copying other companies, like Genentech (I've worked at both, twice). It's almost as if Google got a list from Genentech and then just added 25% to everything. There were a few benefits that I haven't seen anywhere else, such as the death benefit, which led me to joke that I was worth more dead than alive.

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Re:Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998 by paxys on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:16PM (#37399105)

You say it like paying 25% more than the prevailing wage is trivial for any company to do. Yes all they did was spend more money on talent than everyone else, and that's exactly what boosted the market.

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Re:Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998 by dekhn on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:17PM (#37399114)

Many companies in the bay area pay 25% more than prevailing- it's called "the bay area tax".

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Re:Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998 by paxys on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:24PM (#37399183)

We are talking about the bay area. No one – IBM, Cisco, Apple, Oracle, HP, Novell, Intel, Motorola, 3Com, Yahoo or any of the other big industry players that employed software engineers – paid anywhere near the salary and benefits of Google.

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Re:Google was incorporated 25 years ago on September 4 1998 by dekhn on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:32PM (#37399277)

When I chose to return to Genentech I had an offer from Apple and it certainly met or exceeeded everything in my previous Google offers. This is consistent with my read on other employers like Facebook and Microsoft.

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