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Gizmodo: Google to Employees: No Christmas Bonus, Here's a G1 Instead [Screwged]
Android Phone Fans: Google Staffers Get Dream Phone as Xmas Bonus
Silicon Alley Insider: Instead Of Cash, Googlers Get Android Phones For Christmas (GOOG)
Google Watch: Google Gives Employees G1s... to Make Way For G2s?
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Google to Employees: No Christmas Bonus, Here's a G1 Instead [Screwged]
Gizmodo —
... In holidays past, when money flowed like hot Santa tears and melted gum drops , Googlers looked forward to cash bonuses that topped $20,000. This year, they're getting $180 worth of "dogfood"—a G1. Updated 1:05PM ...
Google Staffers Get Dream Phone as Xmas Bonus
Android Phone Fans —
... questions about this gift please email [address removed].
Any Google Staffers who already have a G1 and can’t use this? Rather than give it to someone you KNOW as a gift, why not involve yourself in a random act of kindness by giving it to phandroid - we’ll hold a lil contest and give it to some lucky person.
Yeah… right… this replaced their $20,000 and their just going to GIVE it to us. I’ll keep dreaming.
[Via Valleywag, Gizmodo]
Instead Of Cash, Googlers Get Android Phones For Christmas (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... achievement. Googlers globally have been asking for the Dream phone and we're looking forward to seeing all the different things that you do with them. This is a chance for us to once again dogfood a product and make it even better! Second, as we discussed in our email this week, the current economic crisis requires us to be more conservative about how we spend our money. We felt that giving the Dream phone would be a great holiday present - something we could all celebrate.
Read the full memo at Gawker.
See Also: Look Out, Amazon: iPhone ...
Google Gives Employees G1s... to Make Way For G2s?
Google Watch —
... out to 85 percent of Googlers in lieu of a cash bonus for Christmas.
That's some 18,000-plus Android-based smart phones if Google truly has over 20,000 employees still on its active list. Holy handsets! Employees in countries where Google couldn't make this happen for legal reasons will get cash instead. Taking into account that not all Googlers will be T-Mobile customers, the phone is unlocked so it can work with any provider.
Read the Q&A; from Google on Gizmodo and this memo on ValleyWag for complete details.
Google confirmed this slight ...
Linkpost | 12.23.2008
TechBlog —
... - How'd he get all that money past Fry's infamous Door Nazis? • Google Hands Out 'Dogfood' as Christmas Bonus - Instead of as much as $30,000, each employee is getting a customized, unlocked G1 phone. • ...
Googlers Get The Gift Of The G1; Probably Won't Inflate HTC Sales
mocoNews —
... ) is passing out the T-Mobile G1's to employees as a holiday bonus. Valleywag reports that in the past, the search engine paid as much as $20,000 or $30,000 in cash to emloyees—so sure—a $179.99 cellphone sold exclusively by T-Mobile sounds like a fair trade. ...
Google Hopes The Thought Really Counts
WebProNews Feed —
... Cash Holiday Bonuses Cut We didn t verify if Google really has a history of $20,000-$30,000 holiday bonuses for employees. Regardless of past amounts, Googlers are getting Google phone instead this year. There is, after all, an economic crisis going on. It could be worse. Employees at a certain other search engine got pink slips. Still, one imagines it s a hard come-down from being so pampered. Part of the memo, courtesy of Valleywag , reads this way: Some of you will of course be wondering why we decided to change from a cash bonus to the Dream phone. Here are the reasons. ...
And really, a homemade gift means so much more than an impersonal check
GMSV —
Googlers have gotten used to getting a nice little holiday bonus from the company — some blogs cite five-figure checks , but from the comments, something closer to a grand may be more accurate. This year, however, the search sovereign’s far-flung employees will find something hard and black in the bottom of their stockings. Instead of cash, ...
Google Force Feeds Staffers Android Puppy Chow
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... are nice little gadgets, but the gift pales in comparison to the $20,000 to $30,000 bonuses Googlers have received in past years, according to Valleywag . Of course, Valleywag's numbers may not be accurate. Or more precisely, wildly inaccurate. Some commenters on the site say Google's holiday bonuses have traditionally been only $1,000, while the much larger performance-based bonuses are calculated at about 15 percent of an employee's salary. Others speculate that the phone may be the Android Dev Phone 1, which is priced at $399, not $179. Meanwhile, employees who already ...
Yahoo's Holiday Bonus: A Lawsuit Settled
Gawker: Valleywag —
... If you thought Google's "dogfood" holiday gift was chintzy, check out what Yahoo employees got: $50. To donate to charity. Some others, though, are stuffing their stockings with a $10 million legal settlement. ...
Cheaper Year-End Gifts at Google
Bits —
Google has cut its year-end bonuses, but by not nearly as much as the technology gossip site Valleywag reported on Monday and which was ...
Google replaces holiday cash bonus with Android phone
Obsessable News Feed —
... Google is delivering the gift of gadgets this holiday season, outfitting all its employees with Android phones. While a seemingly kind gesture, the move's causing a bit of a stir online, with accusations of Scrooge-like behavior, as the phones are replacing a traditional cash bonus. ...
Android: Fastest Growing Smartphone Platform? [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
... Another bonus to Android’s growth could be Google’s employee bonus; Literally. Instead of more stock options or financial benefits, Google took a different approach in this challenging economy. Each Google employee received a free Android handset for their yearly bonus. ...
Google Buys American for Friday Beer Bash
Gawker: Valleywag —
... , and Christmas bonuses. At any other workplace, these perk slashes would be expected as the economy contracts. At Google? It's proof that the world's most magical employer has become, well, just another company. ...
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