Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6, 7, 8: Job Satisfaction, Emotional Contagion, Job Performance
18 Dec 2016
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Median age employee at facebook was 28, google 30, apple 31. At fa(cid:272)e(cid:271)ook, (cid:373)a(cid:374)age(cid:396)s told pe(cid:396)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:396)e(cid:448)ie(cid:449)s should (cid:271)e (cid:1012)(cid:1004)% (cid:862)fo(cid:272)used o(cid:374) st(cid:396)e(cid:374)gths(cid:863) Employees are given unusual freedom to choose, and change, assignments even outside their area of expertise. Even low employees are encouraged to criticize managers. Don faul joined facebook and tried to make it stricter like how it was for him at google. He says google was more structured and it meant more to be a manager there. At facebook that meant nothing, it all counted on the quality of work you put in. A lot of older (30s) people would not work well in the facebook environment. E(cid:454)e(cid:272)uti(cid:448)es at fa(cid:272)e(cid:271)ook (cid:373)ake su(cid:396)e the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:271)ut do (cid:449)hat(cid:859)s p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al. Facebook staffers are rated on a bell curve. Facebook treated employees differently than most, treats them nicer than anyone on silicon valley. This story illustrates how generational differences in work attitudes affect workplace behaviour.
