Nonetheless, there are also tech employees who may have a similar mind set to prioritize monetary incentives in order for them to do their job properly without worrying about life issues such as bills etc. However, employees at Google for the most part are compensated a salary that is above average in addition to other perks such as options, stock grants, and therefore, I don’t really think that it bothers them if Google’s equity stock value dropped as low as $300 or so!
I do not work for Google, but I would conclude that would be the most likely process of thought that takes place.

There are bigger problems that have precedence over the value of options perks, such as being EMPLOYED! So, the fact that Google is not announcing a major lay off of employees, rather, they continue to hire qualified candidates, then, that should tell you that this is a normal economic cycle. Get used to it, that’s how capitalism works, although we don’t live in a 100% capitalistic society as described or theorized by Adam Smith, we the United States nonetheless are by far the most capitalistic economy in the world, and I am happy that we are going through this parabola, as it indicates a yet more vibrant and healthy economy outcome in all sectors, whether it’s in the tech sector or otherwise. So RELAX FOLKS!

Frank, Berkeley - CA

Google earth - They brought a company that was doing it already
Google Street View - Panaromia remodelled.
Google Maps - Yeah Original.
Google Search - yeah original (Original enhancements and ideas)
. Agreed.

But microsoft isnt too good either.. They might build gud products for a company of that size(Its hard to move when you are fat) but the kind of lock ins they create is too much for any sensible computer user…

Over the last three months, the Dow Jones is outperforming NASDAQ which is outperforming IBM, Google, EBay, Dell, Apple and Sun, in that order. EBay announced a reduction of employees and contractors and a hiring freeze, reducing staff from its current level from 15,000 to less than 14,000. (I’ve no idea why it takes 15,000 people to run EBay.)

Google is only very slightly outperforming EBay but Google is meeting earnings expectations based on booked revenue from penis pills, Florida real estate and SUVs but this revenue is never going to be collected. It is just bad debt which hasn’t been written off. Google’s also had a bozo explosion of do-nothing project managers. Which means there’s a glut of middle management in charge of go-nowhere “strategic” projects which could be cancelled at very short notice.

Microsoft and Oracle are outperforming this sinking market, partly because the threat of cost-cutting, open source competitors has already been factored into their share prices. However, I’d be most concerned if I was at Apple, Yahoo or Sun. A 10% cut in the workforce looks like an optimistic outcome. Acquisition and a 50% cut is becoming more likely.

See http://googleblog.blogspot.com.....tions.html for the official word, and see http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=GOOG&m=2010-01 for the prices.

1. The employees who exercised all of their vested options via risk-free same-day-sale right after the vesting period, cashing in and diversifying their windfall. (most intelligent).

2. The employees who considered their vested shares ‘the best possible investment’ and sat on their options without exercising and diversifying them (lazy, uneducated).

3. The employees who PURCHASED their vested shares (sometimes with borrowed money) to avoid paying short-term capital gains on their windfall, and will not be responsible for the tax burden of the purchase price. (Fools)

4. The employees who have not vested yet but have already started to over-leverage themselves in anticipation of their windfall (pitiful fools)

There is no excuse for being in any category but 1 this time, after the lessons learned from Web 1.0.

Google의 스탁 옵션 대부분이 무용지물인 상태. 근데 내 생각엔 니넨 너무 돈 많이 받긴 해….