Employee Facts

All employees of Ben & Jerry’s get to take home 3 free pints of ice cream every single day!

New Google employees are called "Nooglers", and are given a propeller beanie cap to wear on their first Friday.

As a reward for record profits, the CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in 2013.

Ricardo Semler took over his father's company at 21, fired 60% of top management on his first day, and handed power to employees. Under his radical approach—letting workers set their own salaries and hours—Semco grew from $4 million to over $200 million in annual revenue.

Research consistently shows that praise is more effective than criticism for improving employee performance and motivation.