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Google’s Mission and Core Values: A must read!

Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by admin in Google, Lists

Google's Core Values & Mission Statement

Now we all can probably admit that Google has changed the way people get information forever. Their company is constantly on the bleeding edge of innovation and organization. I thought it poignent to post their core values as I feel they are not just a great company from the outside looking in but vice versa as well.

Without further ado…

Google’s Core Values

• 1) We want to work with great people
  We hire great people and expect a lot from them
  We create an environment where people can flourish and grow
  We treat people with fairness and respect
  We challenge each other’s ideas openly
  We value diversity in people and ideas
  We are a quantitative company that uses data to make decisions
• 2) Technology innovation is our lifeblood
  Build the world’s best technology and products
  We apply technology and creativity to solve important problems
• 3) Working at Google is fun
  We expect our people to know and enjoy each other
  We have a challenging/energetic work environment
  We celebrate our successes and each other’s accomplishments – both professional and personal
• 4) Be actively involved; you are Google
  Honor commitments
  We openly communicate and trust you with a great deal of information and we expect you to honor our confidentiality
  Understand when you are representing Google and act appropriately
• 5) Don’t take success for granted
  Think and act like an underdog
  Be humble with success; don’t be arrogant
  Be scrappy and resourceful
• 6) Do the right thing; don’t be evil
  Honesty and integrity in all we do
  Our business practices are beyond reproach
  We make money by doing good things
• 7) Earn customer and user loyalty and respect every day
  Create, enhance and maintain great products and services
  Sustainable long-term growth and profitability are key to our success
  Think scale and efficiency
  Every dollar is yours
  Do things that matter
• 9) Google cares about and supports the communities where we work and live
  We encourage and enable our people to support local community involvement and expect them to participate
• 10) We aspire to improve and change the world
  Aim high; think BIG, take risks
  A healthy disregard for the impossible