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Why Work for Google?

Recently, Google was voted as one of the top 100 companies in the world to work for. A recent article on CNN?s website explained the amazing perks and conditions given to Google employees and showed why it has become one of the hottest jobs around. From free food to hefty contributions for buying an environmentally friendly car ? Google workers get it all!

At the company?s headquarters in Mountain View, California, employees enjoy free gourmet meals from no less than 11 cafeterias. In addition, healthy snack rooms are set up all over the campus where workers can enjoy nuts, cereals and yogurts in between meals. Google takes its employees transportation problems very seriously. It offers free shuttle services from five different locations around the California Bay Area and ? as a gesture to environment issues ? will fund up to $5000 if an employee buys a hybrid vehicle. Besides very generous paychecks, employees will also find a little extra in their pockets. Google adds $2000 to your salary if you successfully refer a friend to a job and if you?ve just had a baby ? no worries! You?ll be reimbursed $500 for takeout food for those first four weeks of baby blues.

The list of perks for Google workers goes on and on - from free haircuts to gym facilities, from free laundry facilities to the option of bringing your pet to work. It seems that there is almost nothing that Google management won?t do to make sure that their employees are happy doing what they are doing.