The first problem the company found and the solution.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin built a search engine that used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web. They called this search engine Backrub. Soon after, Backrub was renamed Google (phew). The name was a play on the mathematical expression for the number 1 followed by 100 zeros and aptly reflected Larry and Sergey's mission
Meals free of charge, doctors and washing machines.
First year engineers get 15 days of paid time off — that jumps to 20 days after three years and 25 days after five years. And anyone can take an unpaid three month leave of absence.
They can also enjoy beer and wine in the office on Fridays.
Employees in Mountain View, California, and New York City have an on-site gym.
Googlers in San Francisco and Mountain View report being able to bring their pets to work.
Google provides the surviving spouse or partner of a deceased employee 50% of their salary for the next 10 years.