[Question] Employee Benefits at Google

[speed_demon]

You may have already seen my introductory thread: http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/s...nter-the-Demon. I just joined the forum.

But getting straight to business

I'm an Engineer investigating optimising the HRM Practices of a few firms in SA. (I know...an engineer? In HR? Has Dilbert gone to the dark side??? )

I'm looking at companies that give their employees "extravagant incentives". Google comes to mind. My question: How does Google justify their benefits package? I mean how can they say it's not a complete waste of money? Yes, their staff is highly skilled and qualified and the company is booming but a lot of the benefits offered are in excess.

What are your thoughts?

[eina26]

I don't there's a thing like an excess when it comes to incentives. I think no company will give more than they get, maybe they're giving more to their employees because they can see that there's a potential of getting more from them. Happy workers makes an awesome output. It's also a very effective motivation.