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Google Perks Are Great, But They All Mean Business
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?"
I used to tell my boss the same thing all the time. I told her "Jean, you're not going to be on your death bed wishing you put just a few more hours in the office. You wont even remember the office. What you will remember are the faces of your children." A few months later she was diagnosed with cancer. While thankfully it's early, she has a good chance to get through it alive. But this certainly has put a new spin on life that she has never had before. I'm kind of spiritual, so I see it as God's way of saying "Slow down, see your kids, find your purpose. Stop working all the time, that's not why i put you on this earth."