| Benefits Give the proper tools to a group of people that want to make a difference, and they will. Google's founders often state that the company is not serious about anything but search. They built a company around the idea that work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun. To that end, Google's culture is unlike any in corporate America, and it's not because of the whimsical lava lamps and large rubber balls, or the fact that one of the company's chefs used to cook for the Grateful Dead. In the same way Google puts users first when it comes to online services, Google puts employees first when it comes to daily life in its offices. "The goal is to strip away everything that gets in our employees way. We provide a standard package of fringe benefits, but on top of that are first-class dining facilities, gyms, laundry rooms, massage rooms, haircuts, carwashes, dry cleaning, commuting buses - just about anything a hardworking employee engineer might want. Let's face it: programmers want to program, they don't want to do their laundry. So we make it easy for them to do both." Eric Schmidt, CEO Google Benefits Philosophy: We strive to be innovative and unique in all services we provide both to customers and employees, including our benefits and perks offerings. We realize and celebrate that our employees have diverse needs, and that this diversity requires flexible and individually directed support. Our priority is to offer a customizable program that can be tailored to the specific needs of each individual, whether they enjoy ice climbing in Alaska, want to retire by age 40, or plan to adopt 3 children. • Health and wellness • Retirement and savings • Time away • Benefits...beyond the basics • Benefits...way beyond the basics • Videos Health and wellness* • | Medical Insurance: 3 Carriers | | Carriers for California: | • | Blue Shield: PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) or HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) | • | CIGNA: PPO or EPP (Exclusive Provider Medical Benefits) | • | Kaiser | | | Carriers for Other States: | • | Blue Shield: PPO (Preferred Provider Organization) or OOA (Out of Area) | • | CIGNA: PPO or EPP (Exclusive Provider Medical Benefits) | | • | Dental Insurance Comprehensive coverage through Delta Dental. | • | Vision Insurance Exams, contacts, lenses and frames all generously covered. | • | Flex Spending Account Plan Includes Health Spending Account, Dependent Care Account and Qualified Transportation Benefit. | • | EAP - Employee Assistance Program Services for employees and their dependents include free short-term counseling, legal consultations, financial counseling, child care referrals and pet care referrals. | • | Life and AD&D Insurance Automatic coverage at 2 times annual salary. | • | Voluntary Life Insurance Option to purchase additional life insurance. | • | Short Term & Long Term Disability Short Term Disability Insurance coverage provided at 75% of salary.Long Term Disability coverage provided at 66 2/3% of salary once Short Term disability is exhausted. | • | Business Travel Accident Insurance Automatic coverage at 2 times annual salary. | Retirement and savings* • | Google 401(k) Plan Employees may contribute up to 60% and receive a Google match of up to the greater of (a) 100% of your contribution up to $2,500 or (b) 50% of your contribution per year with no vesting schedule! We offer a variety of investment options to choose from, through Vanguard, our 401(k) Plan Administrator. To help you with those tough investment decisions, employees can access Financial Engines to receive personalized investment advice. | • | 529 College Savings Plan This plan provides employees with a way to save money for post-secondary education. | Time away* • | Vacation 1st year 15 days | 4th year 20 days | 6th year 25 days | | • | Holidays 12 paid holidays(Sick days taken as necessary) | • | Maternity Benefits 12 weeks off at 75% pay. | • | Parental Leave (for non-primary caregivers) 6 weeks off at 75% pay for California employees; 2 weeks off at 100% pay for other U.S. states. | • | Take-Out Benefit To help make things easier, new moms and dads are able to expense up to $500 for take-out meals during the first four weeks that they are home with their new baby. | Benefits . . .beyond the basics* • | Tuition Reimbursement We'll help you pursue further education that's relevant to what you do. You must receive grades of "B" or better. Why a "B" or better? Because we said so. Tuition reimbursement is$8000 per calendar year. | • | Employee Referral Program Good people know other good people. Our best employees have been hired through referrals .Google encourages you to recommend candidates for opportunities here and will award you a$2000 bonus if your referral accepts our offer and remains employed for at least 60 days. | • | Back-Up Child Care As a California employee, when your regularly scheduled child care falls through Google will provide you with 5 free days of child care per year through Children's Creative Learning Center (CCLC). 13 Bay Area locations serving ages 6 weeks - 12 years. | • | Google Child Care Center Located just five minutes from the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, the Google Child Care Center (Kinderplex) provides full and part time child care for children ages 12 weeks through 6 years. The center offers a high-quality, developmentally appropriate curriculum with low teacher/child ratios. The center is set up to meet and in some cases exceed the accreditation standards set by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) – a highly regarded child development organization. | • | Gift Matching Program Google matches contributions of up to $3000 per year from eligible employees to non-profit organizations. Bolstering employee contributions to worthy causes with matching gifts doesn't'just mean helping hundreds of organizations, both locally and globally; it's also a tangible expression. We want Googlers to get involved – and the company is right behind you. | • | Adoption Assistance Google assists our employees by offering financial assistance in the adoption of a child. We'll reimburse you up to $5000 to use towards legal expenses, adoption agencies or other adoption professional fees. Parental leave and take-out benefit also apply. See Time Away. | Benefits . . . way beyond the basics* • | Food Hungry? Check out our free lunch and dinner – our gourmet chefs create a wide variety of healthy and delicious meals every day. Got the munchies? Google also offers snacks to help satisfy you in between meals. | • | On-site Doctor At Google headquarters in Mountain View, California you have the convenience of seeing a doctor on-site. | • | Shuttle Service Google is pleased to provide its Mountain View employees with free shuttles to several San Francisco, East Bay and South Bay locations. | • | Financial Planning Classes Google provides objective and conflict-free financial education classes. The courses are comprehensive and cover a variety of financial topics. | • | Other On-Site Services At Google headquarters in Mountain View, there's on-site oil change, car wash, dry cleaning, massage therapy, gym, hair stylist, fitness classes and bike repair. | • | Other Great Benefits Ski trip, company movie day, summer picnic, Halloween & holiday party, health fair, quarterly group offsites, credit union, sauna, roller hockey, outdoor volleyball court, discounts for products and local attractions. | Videos Visit the official Google channel on YouTube * Benefits vary depending on location and are subject to change without notice. Please check with Human Resources at your specific location for more information. |
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