First-hand information about how they work with people at Google. “We spend the most time at work. And the work experience should not be demotivating or unpleasant,” says Google Vice President of Human Resources Laszlo Bock. This book is a manifesto that can change the way you work and hire employees. Drawing on psychology and the latest developments in behavioral economics, examples from Google and small successful companies, Laszlo Bock tells how to create a company that values and listens to employees. and where they dream of working. From the book you will learn that: • You need to learn not only from your best employees, but also from the worst; • You need to pay “unfairly”; • It’s worth hiring those who are smarter than you - even if you have to search for a very long time ;• “Big” data is more reliable than your intuition;• If you don’t feel discomfort from giving a lot of freedom to your employees, then you have given little freedom.

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Since I crossed the threshold of the company, Google's staff has grown from 6 thousand to almost 50, and there are offices (more than 70 of them) in more than 40 countries around the world. Fortune magazine has named Google a "Best Company to Work For" 5 times in the United States and many times in countries around the world. According to LinkedIn, most people in the world want to work at Google; We receive approximately 2 million CVs annually from candidates with a wide range of experience and education from all corners of the globe. Of all the applicants, Google accepts only a few thousand per year, i.e. the company is selective, 25 times greater than Harvard, Yale or Princeton. So, I can say that instead of the professional suicide that colleagues predicted, the time spent at Google , became for me a swim in the stormy waters of experimentation and creativity. Sometimes I was tired to death, sometimes I fell into despondency, but I always moved forward on the path to creating an organization in which freedom, purpose and creativity reign. This book is a story about what we have learned over the past 15 years, and also about what you can What you can do to put people first by changing both your life and your leadership position in it