Google started off the new year by saying in a recent blog post that 2011 is going to be the biggest hiring year in company history. Last year was already a great year for Google, which grew as a company while also adding a plethora of new products to its arsenal.
Google said that it plans to exceed the company’s 2007 hiring record – when it added more than 6,000 new employees to the team. Last year, in 2010, Google added more than 4,500 employees, primarily in engineering and sales, which was the second largest hiring campaign in Google’s history.
“We’re looking for top talent — across the board and around the globe — and we’ll hire as many smart, creative people as we can to tackle some of the toughest challenges in computer science,” Alan Eustace, Google’s Vice President of engineering and research, said in the company’s blog.
With Google’s Android running over more than 100 devices and with over 300,000 activations each day, it’s no wonder they need to add some more “Googlers” to their team. Also, Google needs new employees for some of their toughest challenges, like building a web-based operating system from scratch or developing cars that drive themselves. No matter what they hire someone for, they claim to have something to do for everyone.
Before Google posted about hiring, Google gave all employees a raise of 10% or more plus a $1,000 cash holiday bonus in November. Google also posted a 20% jump in the last quarter of 2010 and a 26% sales growth, year over year.
As Google continues to grow, it seems that so does their popularity. But with Google always pushing to innovate new products, how could you slow their growth down? And who wouldn’t want to work for a company that collaborates in teams and treats their employees right?