Work Rules!
by Laszlo Bock
Google's former people chief on hiring (structured interviews, hiring committees), pay (unfairly), managers (Project Oxygen), and nudges. Data-rich and candid about what failed.
Read it if…
you want evidence-based people practices from a company that measured them.
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Skip it if…
you cannot adopt Google-scale practices; many scale down anyway.
Try instead: The Fearless Organization →
Three things you will actually use
- Hire slowly; hire by committee.
- Pay unfairly: top performers are worth multiples.
- Take power from managers.
Do this first
Replace unstructured interviews with structured ones.
Our verdict
Google's people practices.
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