According to Forbes’ report it’s no surprise that the
employee benefits of Google are among the best in the land—free haircuts,
gourmet food, on-site doctors and high-tech “cleansing” toilets are among the
most talked-about—but in a rare interview with Chief People Officer Laszlo Bock
I discovered that the latest perk for Googlers extends into the afterlife.
“This might sound ridiculous,” Bock told me recently in a
conversation on the ever-evolving benefits at Google, “But we’ve announced
death benefits at Google.” We were
scheduled for a talk on Google’s widening age-gap (the oldest Googler is
currently 83); I wanted to know how child- and healthcare benefits have evolved
as the company has scaled.
Instead, Bock, who joined the company in 2006 after a stint
with General Electric, blew me away by disclosing a
never-before-made-public-perk: Should a
U.S. Googler pass away while under the employ of the 14-year old search giant,
their surviving spouse or domestic partner will receive a check for 50% of
their salary every year for the next decade. Even more surprising, a Google
spokesperson confirms that there’s “no tenure requirement” for this benefit,
meaning most of their 34 thousand Google employees qualify….
Find out more at http://www.forbes.com/sites/meghancasserly/2012/08/08/heres-what-happens-to-google-employees-when-they-die/
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