It’s the people!

Google has always done a good job of showing how working for them is cool and full of perks. Meetup’s CEO (Scott Heiferman) is trying to hire some people in NYC and has created the best deconstruction of this myth I’ve seen so far.

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Here’s an couple of lines from the document:

  • At Google, you eat exquisite free Google Food with other Googlers at the Googleplex, prepared by Chef Googlers. It’s the best company food around.
  • At Meetup, you eat at one of NYC’s 18,696 restaurants. They’re not free, but some are cheap. It’s the best cafeteria in the world.
  • At Google, you’re one of over 10,000 Googlers.
  • At Meetup, you’re one of only 38 Meetuppers (doubling this year). You will have an impact.

Meetup is about people meeting with other people. Why would they work differently?

Note: Meetup recently received funding. Brad Burnham explains why having an offline connection is part of the reason Union Square Ventures invested on Meetup.

August 3, 2008 | Tags: , ,  

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