The Number
2000 people hired
Google is trying to push the country out of recession, perhaps by itself. The company “hired nearly 2,000 workers through the first half of the year, putting it on pace to add the most people to its payroll since 2006 when it ushered in 6,100 new employees in 12 months,” points out AP’s Michael Liedtke. In the second quarter, alone, it hired 1200. Total workforce: 21,800.
While investors have reacted negatively to drain on profits, Google’s aggressive hiring is an audacious move for market share — what smart companies, with the means, do in a recession.