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.

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.

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.

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