Salvete. Today my trip led me to the Google headquarters. It was amazing. Everywhere there was something new, something exotic that would never be in an ordinary business environment. There was a huge food court, a swimming area, recreational fields (like a tennis court), huge outdoor and indoor pavilions for lunch, et cetera. I heard from an employee that Google asks its employees what they want to have in the headquarters, the employees respond, and Google meets the most popular demands.
What I love about this is that this is the prerogative of the business. No union or government can force something this big onto a business (yet). Google simply chooses to give its employees a little extra something. If they gave nothing to their employees, I would respect them as a successful company. But because they went over and beyond, I admire them that much more.
As I learn about Google and the other Silicon Valley companies, I realize that companies from the West often choose radical, high-risk business plans in a go-big-or-go-home attitude. Although there is a lot of sense in taking the steady path, this attitude is both what makes Western businesses this large and what makes the West the West. God bless the West and the Western way of life.
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