Google love their employees and show it. Everyone gets a free and yummy lunch every day. And did you know they have 20{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62} time which is a program where Google allows their employees to devote 20{a9f0d31f6175b3e4775e11a66c07db268fb74408d6095f6b46eeec420c0e9f62} of their working hours to any project they choose? That’s one whole working day out of five in time. As a result their employees are coming up with and developing some amazing ideas, like these:

Google Suggest
“A new Labs project that provides you with search suggestions, in real time, while you type. We’ve found that Google Suggest not only makes it easier to type in your favorite searches, but also gives you a playground to explore what others are searching about, and learn about things you haven’t dreamt of. Go ahead, give it a spin.”

Google Transit
“A few engineers from San Francisco, New York, and Zurich — all of whom regularly use public transportation — decided that being able to plan local trips without having to go to multiple websites, and done in an easy, intuitive way would be a useful product. So they devoted their 20 percent time to building it. As it happens, a lot of people thought this was a great idea, and our small team quickly grew with “twenty-percenters” from across Google, resulting in Google Transit Trip Planner.
With it, commuters will be able to easily access public transit schedules, routes, and plan trips using their local public transportation options. This first release covers only the Portland, Oregon metro area, but we are working to expand our coverage very soon.”

These projects were discovered by Nathan, Google Salesman of the year 2005.

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