Visit of Google

Google and the Googleplex were our last visit into the Silicon Valley. Two women from the Human Resources welcomed us: Vicky Wang and Michelle Nguyen who are in charge of the MBA program.

They organized a meeting with six speakers: The creator of Google Earth, a project manager, two other people from the Human Resources. The first “Googler” explained the innovation and entrepreneurship process within Google (to launch new applications and even new products). It was very interesting to see how easily an idea can grow up in such an environment where creativity is enhanced.

At Google, every single employee has 20% of his time devoted to work on an innovative project that is out of his scope of competences. As a result, every single one kind of works for the R&D department.

We also talked about competitors; the speakers answered explaining that Google pay a very close attention to the customers’ reaction. They permanently adapt their offer, following the expectations of the market and advice from their clients.

They also gave us an explanation about their HR process and policy.

Then, they gave us a tour of the place. Every one has been impressed by the open spaces and how easily every one has access to everyone. Everything is done to encourage interaction between people, and to enhance the pleasure of working. From food to massage and Jacuzzi, everything is free! The food court is just an impressive melting pot of chefs!

Google sounds like employees’ paradise!

Google

Google, Inc. [gugœl] est une société fondée le 27 septembre 1998 dans la Silicon Valley en Californie par Larry Page et Sergey Brin, auteurs du moteur de recherche Google. Google s'est donné comme mission « d'organiser l'information à l'échelle mondiale et de la rendre universellement accessible et utile ». Google forme un vaste conglomérat d'entreprises interreliées, comprenant entres autres YouTube, Gmail et Google Maps.

Début 2007, Google valait quelque 160 milliards de dollars à la bourse de Wall Street. Google possèderait le parc de serveurs le plus important du monde avec environ 450 000 machines réparties sur plus de 25 sites de par le monde^[1].

Depuis 2001, Eric Schmidt en est le PDG (CEO). La société compte environ 16 000 employés dont la plupart travaillent au siège mondial : le Googleplex à Mountain View.

Sur la période s'étalant de juin 2000 à novembre 2004, le moteur de recherche Google aurait indexé plus de 8 milliards de pages Web, 1 milliard d'images.

 

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG and LSE: GGEA) is an American public corporation, specializing in Internet search and online advertising. The company is based in Mountain View, California, and has 15,916 full-time employees (as of September 30, 2007).^[3] It is the largest American company (by market capitalization) that is not part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.^{[citation needed]}

Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on September 7, 1998. Google's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004, raising US$1.67 billion, making it worth US$23 billion. Through a series of new product developments, acquisitions and partnerships, the company has expanded its initial search and advertising business into other areas, including web-based email, online mapping, office productivity, and video sharing, among others.

In 2006, "google" came in second on Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year^[4].

 

Source: www.wikipedia.org

Nous vous recommandons de jeter un coup d'oeil à l'article de wikipedia sur Google qui est assez complet: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google