Google treats its dead employees better than some companies do their living workers.
Google recently rolled out death benefits to employees, including a generous offer to pay the spouse or partner of a deceased staffer half of their salary for a decade. The company's "chief people officer" Laszlo Bock revealed in an interview with Forbes.
The news of these death benefits also comes with "no tenure requirement," but it covers only U.S. employees right now. It was put into place earlier this year.
Mashable confirmed with a Google spokesperson that the benefits don't just stop at salary. The surviving spouse or partner of a deceased employee will also acquire vested stock benefits, and children will receive $1,000 a month until the age of 19. The timeline can be extended if the child is in school full time.
"Obviously there's no benefit to Google. But it's important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event." A Google representative declined to comment in more detail about the policy.
According to Bock "what helps employees ultimately helps the company."
Google recently rolled out death benefits to employees, including a generous offer to pay the spouse or partner of a deceased staffer half of their salary for a decade. The company's "chief people officer" Laszlo Bock revealed in an interview with Forbes.
The news of these death benefits also comes with "no tenure requirement," but it covers only U.S. employees right now. It was put into place earlier this year.
Mashable confirmed with a Google spokesperson that the benefits don't just stop at salary. The surviving spouse or partner of a deceased employee will also acquire vested stock benefits, and children will receive $1,000 a month until the age of 19. The timeline can be extended if the child is in school full time.
"Obviously there's no benefit to Google. But it's important to the company to help our families through this horrific if inevitable life event." A Google representative declined to comment in more detail about the policy.
According to Bock "what helps employees ultimately helps the company."
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