谷歌：员工福利之王

    即使在硅谷，谷歌（Google）也不失为一个巨无霸。它共拥有约3.2万名员工，这些人工作在从手机软件到搜索算法的各个业务部门。“大型企业组织的员工往往会形成自己的层级。为避免这种倾向，让员工关系更加亲密，我们付出了巨大努力，”谷歌人力运营高级副总裁拉兹罗•博克称。

    这种努力包括，为了让员工保持愉快的心情，谷歌制订了高标准的员工福利政策，包括免费美食，现场洗衣、干洗、以及改衣服务，户外运动中心，邀请各路名人到访演讲。待遇之丰厚，鲜有公司能与之匹敌。下面，我们介绍谷歌最新推出的几项福利。正是这些措施帮助谷歌成功入选了《财富》杂志（Fortune）评选出的最适宜工作的公司排行榜。

综合户外运动中心不惜血本

    为了让员工保持健康体魄，谷歌从来不惜花费重金。去年夏天，该公司开设了一座大型的户外体育中心。加菲尔德运动中心以其所在街道的名字命名，内设一个足球场、一个篮球场、两个网球场、两个室外地滚球场、两个用于掷马蹄游戏的马蹄坑、一个高尔夫球场、以及一个曲棍球场。

室内娱乐设施丰富多彩

    如果员工们不想在山景市谷歌总部的室外地滚球场上打地滚球，谷歌园区中还有保龄球等其他运动项目供其选择，谷歌总部共有4条保龄球道供用户预定。谷歌舞蹈工作室（Google Dance Studio）共有31种每周一次的课程供员工选择，其中包括卡泼卫勒舞（Capoeira）以及实用的“聚会舞蹈入门”，授课的老师既有专业的教练，也谷歌员工中经验丰富的志愿者。

天下美食应有尽有

    谷歌一向不吝为员工提供免费美食，并因此而享有盛誉。尽管公司规模不断壮大，但这项政策迄今仍然没有改变。谷歌曾于2007年荣登《财富》评选出的最适宜工作的公司榜首。此后，这家公司员工数量增长了3倍多。为了适应员工的增长速度，公司在烹饪方面也下了大功夫。在位于山景市的谷歌总部，职工食堂的数量已经由11家增加到了25家。新增的食堂中包括专门供应亚洲美食的Cafe Gia和Cafe 150，后者供应的食物原材料全部来自于方圆150英里内的地方。

工作方式坐立自由

    久坐不利于健康。美国癌症学会（American Cancer Society）指出，每天坐着的时间超过6个小时的妇女英年早逝的几率比每天坐着的时间不足3小时的妇女高出37%（男性的相应的数字是18%）。也许这就是为何一些谷歌员工宁愿站着工作的原因所在。去年开始，用立式办公桌代替标准的坐式办公桌在谷歌蔚然成风。谷歌员工只需使用公司的Ergolab软件下单，从众多的办公桌类型中任意选择一款，然后就能收到一台与其身高相配的办公桌。据非官方数字统计，目前谷歌已有数百人在使用立式办公桌。

    Even in Silicon Valley, Google is a giant. It has nearly 32,000 employees cranking on everything from cell phone software to search algorithms. "People have a tendency in larger organizations to create their own hierarchy, so we do a lot of things to counteract that and make it feel more intimate," says Laszlo Bock, Senior Vice President of People Operations at Google.

    Part of those efforts include setting the bar high when it comes to keeping Googlers happy with benefits few other companies can match, whether it's free gourmet food, on-site laundry, dry-cleaning, and alterations, an outdoor sports complex, or the star-studded lineup of speakers. Here, check out some of the newer perks that help make Google Fortune's best company to work for.

Outdoor fitness

    Google spares no expense when it comes to making sure its employees are in good shape. Last summer, the company opened a large outdoor sports facility. Named after the street it is on, the Garfield sports complex includes a soccer field, basketball court, two tennis courts, two bocce ball courts, two horseshoe pits, a putting green and a roller hockey rink.

Indoor recreation

    When employees aren't hitting the bocce ball courts in Mountain View, they're kicking back at other on-campus options like the bowling alley, where users can reserve one of four lanes. At the Google Dance Studio, they can choose from one of 31 weekly classes like Capoeira or the utilitarian "How to dance at a party," taught by professional instructors and experienced volunteer Googlers.

Food for all

    Google is legendary for being generous with free food and, as the company has expanded, that policy hasn't changed. Since the company last topped Fortune's Best Companies to Work for in 2007, the number of Googlers has more than tripled. The company has scaled its culinary efforts to match, more than doubling the number of cafeterias from 11 to 25 at its Mountain View headquarters. Options continue to include the Asian-themed Cafe Gia and Cafe 150, a restaurant that only uses ingredients sourced from within 150 miles.

Sit or stand

    Sitting could be hazardous to your health. According to the American Cancer Society, women who sit more than six hours a day are 37% more likely to die earlier than women who sit less than three hours a day. (Men are 18% more likely.) That may be why some Googlers are opting to stand at work instead. One option that became increasingly popular last year was swapping out the standard sit-down desk for a standing desk. Googlers place an order with the company's Ergolab, choose from a number of desk models, and have their desk measured to their height. An unofficial tally has standing desks at Google now numbering in the hundreds.