Comments on: The Employee Tide May be Shifting at Google http://www.conversionrater.com/2007/01/16/the-employee-tide-may-be-shifting-at-google/ A discussion of ecommerce, online advertising, Web 2.0, web entrepreneurship, and just making the web convert for your goals. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Pat McCarthy http://www.conversionrater.com/2007/01/16/the-employee-tide-may-be-shifting-at-google/#comment-52737 Pat McCarthy Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:17:54 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2007/01/16/the-employee-tide-may-be-shifting-at-google/#comment-52737 It is tough to argue with the success, and I can't blame those that cashed out in any way. It is tough to argue with the success, and I can’t blame those that cashed out in any way.

]]> By: Bennett Zucker http://www.conversionrater.com/2007/01/16/the-employee-tide-may-be-shifting-at-google/#comment-52613 Bennett Zucker Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:23:20 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2007/01/16/the-employee-tide-may-be-shifting-at-google/#comment-52613 Here in New York, Google supposedly hired about a thousand people in a year to fill their new space in Manhattan's largest office building (in terms of total square footage). Thing that's amazing about it is that hiring managers say they look at 100 to 150 resumes for every one person selected to be interviewed. Then the applicant has to jump the famous hurdles: numerous interviews with eight or more people over two or more months. With all that resume screening, intense interviewing (one director-level person told me he spends more than half of every week doing this) etc., it's a miracle any work gets done. But you can't argue with success; nor can you blame some people for taking their $450 per share payouts and moving on after a while! Here in New York, Google supposedly hired about a thousand people in a year to fill their new space in Manhattan’s largest office building (in terms of total square footage). Thing that’s amazing about it is that hiring managers say they look at 100 to 150 resumes for every one person selected to be interviewed. Then the applicant has to jump the famous hurdles: numerous interviews with eight or more people over two or more months. With all that resume screening, intense interviewing (one director-level person told me he spends more than half of every week doing this) etc., it’s a miracle any work gets done.

But you can’t argue with success; nor can you blame some people for taking their $450 per share payouts and moving on after a while!

]]> By: John K http://www.conversionrater.com/2007/01/16/the-employee-tide-may-be-shifting-at-google/#comment-52531 John K Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:38:13 +0000 http://www.conversionrater.com/index.php/2007/01/16/the-employee-tide-may-be-shifting-at-google/#comment-52531 Yes. Google has over 10,000 employees. That alone is enough to make people look for different challenges. Yes. Google has over 10,000 employees. That alone is enough to make people look for different challenges.

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