{"id":424942,"date":"2022-03-31T15:56:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/company-perks-make-staff-work-more-for-less\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T15:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T12:56:04","slug":"company-perks-make-staff-work-more-for-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/company-perks-make-staff-work-more-for-less\/","title":{"rendered":"#Company perks make staff &#8216;work more for less&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28f8905bdba\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28f8905bdba\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/company-perks-make-staff-work-more-for-less\/#%E2%80%9CCompany_perks_make_staff_%E2%80%98work_more_for_less%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Company perks make staff &#8216;work more for less&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Company perks make staff &#8216;work more for less'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWork hard, play hard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ken Waks, a former Google employee, claims he knows the \u201cdark reason\u201d for the company\u2019s notoriously generous perks: to get staff \u201cto work more for less.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ken\/video\/7070587601241132331?is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1&amp;lang=en\">now-viral TikTok<\/a> that has amassed more than  6 million views, Waks detailed the best perks the tech giant has to offer, including three meals a day, a shuttle, pets allowed in the office, baristas to make coffee and even their own bowling alley. Who would want to leave?<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s the point, 29-year-old Waks said. Google wants its employees to stay longer and work harder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Google, you get three square meals a day, for free, but dinner would start at 6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. so you had to stay late working more to get the free food,\u201d he said in the clip, which has over one million likes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>The benefits, which spanned \u201cthroughout the day,\u201d included a shuttle that ran from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and had wifi on board, ensuring employees could work even on the go.<\/p>\n<p>The pet-friendly offices, he added, allowed the staff to bring their dogs along so owners \u201cwould not leave the office to go take care of their dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"730\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-83.jpg?w=730\" alt=\"TikTok of Ken Waks\" class=\"wp-image-21727572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1094 1095w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=730 730w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=365 365w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-83.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\"\/><figcaption>Bringing pets to work ensured that staffers wouldn\u2019t have to leave the office to care for their beloved animals.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/@Ken Waks!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese companies take some of the smartest people in the world, take away all \u2018life problems\u2019 so they can work harder on selling you ads,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Google for comment.<\/p>\n<p>But Waks wasn\u2019t content with the copious amount of benefits at his fingertips, complaining about not making a commission on sales until he hits $12,000 every month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[My director] told me, \u2018That\u2019s when we break even on you for the office, for the snacks, for the perks that we give you,&#8217;\u201d Waks recalled. \u201cI would rather not have those perks and I\u2019d rather just have a higher salary.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"623\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-82.jpg?w=623\" alt=\"tiktok from ken waks\" class=\"wp-image-21727573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-82.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1246 1246w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-82.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=934 934w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-82.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=623 623w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-82.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=311 311w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/google-employee-82.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\"\/><figcaption>The shuttles, he explained, were his favorite, and included WiFi onboard.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">TikTok\/@Ken Waks!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But some viewers disagreed, saying the perks aren\u2019t as \u201cdark\u201d as Waks made it seem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would rather have the perks. I work hard either way,\u201d one user rebutted. \u201cNot having to worry about these things is a huge stress relief and I don\u2019t pay taxes on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you complain about those \u2018perks\u2019?\u201d another commented. \u201cTry working in healthcare or in retail, or the food industry, go check out their perks, yeah it\u2019s COVID.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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