Google CEO says employees shouldn’t ‘equate fun with money’

Google CEO Sundar Pichai urged his workers to not “equate enjoyable with cash” throughout a company-wide city corridor occasion final week.

Pichai made the feedback after workers complained that Google was limiting advantages for journey, in addition to on-site leisure and different perks, in keeping with a recording of the assembly obtained by CNBC. The workers argued the corporate was “nickel-and-diming” them at the same time as Google sees record-breaking earnings.

“How do I say it?” Pichai responded. “Look, I hope all of you might be studying the information, externally. The truth that , we're being a bit extra accountable by means of one of many hardest macroeconomic situations underway previously decade, I believe it’s vital that as an organization, we pull collectively to get by means of moments like this.”

“I keep in mind when Google was small and scrappy,” he continued. “Enjoyable didn’t at all times — we shouldn’t at all times equate enjoyable with cash. I believe you'll be able to stroll right into a hard-working startup and folks could also be having enjoyable and it shouldn’t at all times equate to cash.”

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Sundar Pichai needs his workers to chop again on vacation occasion spending.
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Pichai and different executives went on to induce workers to not go all-out on bills for upcoming vacation events. Google finance chief Kristin Reinke additionally reduce on the significance of groups working collectively in individual.

“The place you may have summits and massive conferences, please attempt to do them within the workplace. We positively need individuals to nonetheless have enjoyable. We all know there’s vacation events developing, there’s year-end celebrations, we nonetheless need individuals to do this. However we’re simply asking them to maintain them small, hold them casual — attempt to not go excessive,” Reinke stated.

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Google finance chief Kristin Reinke needs individuals to be working collectively again within the workplace.
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In late July, Google’s father or mother firm, Alphabet, reported about $69.69 billion in second-quarter revenues for 2022, in comparison with roughly $61.88 for a similar interval final yr.

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