Comments on: Google Employee Productivity http://www.ginside.com/2009/3524/google-employee-productivity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-employee-productivity Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan Dingman http://www.ginside.com/2009/3524/google-employee-productivity/#comment-853 Jonathan Dingman Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:50:09 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/?p=3524#comment-853 Haha, how right you are :) I was so consumed by the 70/20/10 methodology of Google, that it didn't even click that you meant a space instead of 20% very clever of you :) Haha, how right you are :) I was so consumed by the 70/20/10 methodology of Google, that it didn’t even click that you meant a space instead of 20%

very clever of you :)

]]> By: Brian White http://www.ginside.com/2009/3524/google-employee-productivity/#comment-852 Brian White Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:21:21 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/?p=3524#comment-852 I think you missed the joke. "%20" is Unicode for a space... I think you missed the joke. “%20″ is Unicode for a space…

]]> By: Dataflurry http://www.ginside.com/2009/3524/google-employee-productivity/#comment-851 Dataflurry Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:09:21 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/?p=3524#comment-851 That is awesome, I love seeing companies that treat employees great. I am sure the fact that Google is so profitable allows them to invest in entertaining activities, but those are some great statistics for productivity. That is awesome, I love seeing companies that treat employees great. I am sure the fact that Google is so profitable allows them to invest in entertaining activities, but those are some great statistics for productivity.

]]> By: Jonathan Dingman http://www.ginside.com/2009/3524/google-employee-productivity/#comment-850 Jonathan Dingman Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:30:42 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/?p=3524#comment-850 That's some great insight OZ, thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I completely agree, that stressing over 40 hours a week, will indeed mean less productivity. Setting goals is far more productive and will make employees happier at the end of the day That’s some great insight OZ, thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.

I completely agree, that stressing over 40 hours a week, will indeed mean less productivity. Setting goals is far more productive and will make employees happier at the end of the day

]]> By: OZ http://www.ginside.com/2009/3524/google-employee-productivity/#comment-849 OZ Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:47:07 +0000 http://www.ginside.com/?p=3524#comment-849 Reminds me of when I was in the IBM lab here in Toronto. The research and experience these big companies have shows that people are more productive when they are in a more relaxed environment. If you have a whip behind your every move, you're going to get stressed out, and that diminishes your productivity. If you know you can go somewhere to relax, and the environment is based on goals (time is << goals), you're going to be more productive. Even just knowing you can go somewhere to relax if you need to be makes you more productive. Google takes concepts and turns them upside down and rearranges them, that's why they're so successful. That's why obsessing about employees work 40 hours a week as a #1 priority is moronic in my opinion. It's setting goals and accomplishing them that drives business forward, time is just a subset of that. Regards, OZ Reminds me of when I was in the IBM lab here in Toronto. The research and experience these big companies have shows that people are more productive when they are in a more relaxed environment.

If you have a whip behind your every move, you’re going to get stressed out, and that diminishes your productivity. If you know you can go somewhere to relax, and the environment is based on goals (time is << goals), you're going to be more productive.

Even just knowing you can go somewhere to relax if you need to be makes you more productive. Google takes concepts and turns them upside down and rearranges them, that's why they're so successful.

That's why obsessing about employees work 40 hours a week as a #1 priority is moronic in my opinion. It's setting goals and accomplishing them that drives business forward, time is just a subset of that.

Regards,
OZ

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