Future of Work Briefs
2013
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Morning Advantage: When Google Employees Die
January 09 | Dana Rousmaniere, Managing Editor, HBR's Insight Centers | Comments (0)Google’s reputation for being a great place to work precedes itself. But who knew that it’s also a great place to die? Meghan Casserly at Forbes recently reported on a little-known Google employee benefit: If a U.S. Google employee passes away, the surviving spouse or domestic partner will receive a check for 50% of their salary every year for ten years.
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Sinofsky Led at Microsoft, but That Doesn't Make Him a Leader
January 07 | Eric McNulty, Former Managing Director of Conferences for Harvard Business School Publishing., Harvard Business School Publishing | Comments (0)"My boss has started picking at me over tiny, stupid things," she said. "He told me at my review that he was going to send me to our France office to help them build a messaging strategy, but when I asked him about it recently he said, 'That's something we have to look at down the road,' and walked away. It's like I've gone from being his favorite employee to dog meat."
