Google, it’s changed my life. Information is now at my fingertips pretty much all the time - I can find things out almost immediately, weird things, strange things, irrelevant things. Hip kids have gmail as their e-mail provider, they scout out their plans on GoogleMaps and bloggers like the bloggers on Takepart use GoogleReader to keep up to date on the news. People are dying to work for the company but strangely enough, it seems they are having a hard time finding new CFO:
Although the prestige of working at Google is phenomenal, top-ranked chief financial officers do not appear to be lining up for a chance at the CFO spot. Why? Industry experts offer a few clues.Clearly the financial incentives for joining Google in 2008 with its stock price in the stratosphere are less compelling than during its pre-IPO period when Reyes joined. What’s more, the disciplined personality of most financial officers likely wouldn’t fit with Google’s corporate culture, which encourages experimentation and risk-taking and shrugs at long-term planning. Finally, industry experts suggest that within the Googleplex, the job of chief financial officer simply hasn’t carried the weight and influence that it does at many other large companies [Forbes]
Regardless if CFO’s don’t love it, I still love Google and apparently a lot of people still love working for the company - esp in London: