12 Quirky Things Apple, Twitter, Yahoo And Other Big Tech Companies Do When They First Hire You
Mark Zuckerberg takes people he wants to hire on a walk through the woods.
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New LinkedIn hires get a swag bag with a bunch of cool stuff, including a copy of founder Reid Hoffman's book.
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Each bag has a LinkedIn water bottle, notebook, and a copy of "The Startup of You," a book written by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. New hires will find their desk decorated with a "You're [In]" greeting card on their first day.
Swag bags are also tailored to a new hire's unique interests, so who knows what other goodies are in there.
Square CEO Jack Dorsey takes new employees on a walk to visit a statue of Gandhi.
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Twitter co-founder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey takes new employees on a trip to a statue of Gandhi. He often tweets photos of the experience.
New Google employees wear colorful beanies that say "Noogler."
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This quirky tradition requires new Google employees to wear a beanie that says "Noogler" to their first Friday all hands staff meeting.
New Apple employees get a brand new iMac, but they have to set it up themselves.
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According to the book "Inside Apple" by Adam Lashinsky, new Apple employees get a brand new iMac on their first day of work. The kicker: The new employees have to set the computer up themselves.
New employees also go through an orientation where they get new "Class of" t-shirts with the year they joined the company.
Microsoft celebrates anniversaries with M&Ms
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It's pretty well-known that Microsoft likes to celebrate new employee anniversaries by giving them candy, specifically M&Ms. Not a bad perk!
New Amazon employees get a desk made out of a door.
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One of the quirks at Amazon's office is that every employee has a desk made out of an old door. New employees used to have to make their own desks, but now they come pre-assembled.
Marissa Mayer reads the resume of every new hire at Yahoo.
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Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer reads the resume of every potential new hire, according to Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson. Mayer likely picked this up from Google, her former company. Google's co-founders also read the resumes of new employees.
Twitter employees get a T-shirt and bottle of wine.
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According to one of Twitter's business operations managers on Quora, the company gives new hires a T-shirt and bottle of wine on their first day. Some even get to have breakfast with CEO Dick Costolo.
Airbnb employees get $2,000 to travel around the world.
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Airbnb, the site that lets you rent rooms from other people, gives new employees a $2,000 per year travel stipend.
Dropbox gives employees as much online storage as they want for free.
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Dropbox, the online storage company, gives new hires as much free storage space as they want. Considering it can cost $10 per month for 100 GB of storage, that's a pretty great offer.
New employees at About.me get beer and sausage on their first day.
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Most About.me employees work remotely, but on their first day they get to take a trip to the company's San Francisco headquarters. Then they're treated to beer and sausage at Rosamunde Sausage Grill.
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