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gizmodo.com - 12/22/2008

Google to Employees: No Christmas Bonus, Here's a G1 Instead [Screwged]

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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 Yep, they're all getting G1s—even Google, who prints money as a ...

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valleywag.gawker.com - 12/22/2008

Google Hands Out 'Dogfood' as Christmas Bonus [Googlefreude]

— valleywag.gawker.com — Groans are issuing from the Googleplex over this year's holiday bonus. In the past, the search engine paid cash — as much as $20,000 or $30,000 per Googler, we hear. This year? A cell phone.... (more) Google Hands Out 'Dogfood' as Christmas Bonus [Googlefreude]

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googlemobile.blogspot.com - 12/18/2008

Official Google Mobile Blog: Optimized search results pages for Android and iPhone

— googlemobile.blogspot.com — Whether you're using Google search through the search widget on the Android home screen, the built-in search box of the iPhone's Safari browser, or google.com on either device, you'll now end up with search results optimized for your phone. In some ... (more) Official Google Mobile Blog: Optimized search results ...

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phandroid.com - 12/22/2008

Google Staffers Get Dream Phone as Xmas Bonus

— phandroid.com — Google is certainly feeling the pain of recession, most recently evidenced by the Xmas bonus given out. Valleywag is reporting that instead of the $20,000 or $30,000 bonuses the company has given in the past, every single Googler will get an Android ... (more) Google Staffers Get Dream Phone as Xmas Bonus

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Google Staffers Get Dream Phone as Xmas Bonus
Android Phone Fans — ... 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]

Holly-Dazed: Google Gives Employees The G1 Android Phone Instead Of Bonuses
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... incur significant overage charges. Placing a Blackberry SIM into a Dream device may cause the data plans to be disabled and break data for both the Dream and the BlackBerry. Please review [link removed] for more info. Q: Are there tax implications to this? Google is covering the taxes for this gift; there will be an extra payroll run before the end of the year to cover the taxes. If you have further payroll or HR-related questions about this gift please e-mail [address removed]. Thanks, Gizmodo! ...

Google Punishes Staff With Free HTC Dream Devices Instead Of Usual Monetary Holiday Bonus
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... Please review [link removed] for more info. Q: Are there tax implications to this? Google is covering the taxes for this gift; there will be an extra payroll run before the end of the year to cover the taxes. If you have further payroll or HR-related questions about this gift please email [address removed]. Bite the bullet Googler’s… Bright skies will shine on through in 2009… or 2010… or maybe 2011. [Phandroid via Gizmodo] Related News from IntoMobile: ...

Google Force Feeds Staffers Android Puppy Chow
ChannelWeb Complete Feed — ... 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 own G1 phones are not allowed to resell the new ones, according to an apparent Google HR FAQ unearthed by Gizmodo: Q: Can I resell my phone? Googlers should not ...

Google replaces holiday cash bonus with Android phone
Obsessable News Feed — ... [CNET News.com] Google to Employees: No Christmas Bonus, Here's a G1 Instead [Screwged] [Gizmodo] ...