Meetup: We’ve Got More To Offer Than Google
Meetup, the site that lets you organize groups of people with similar interests, has posted a funny comparison of their corporate culture with Google’s (on Google Docs, no less!). It compares everything from company goals (organizing information versus organizing people), headquarters (Mountain View, California vs. New York City) and even toilets (electronic Rear Cleansing via touchpad vs. - uh - a regular toilet).
Of course, their main argument is one that just stings:
At Google, a few Googlers wish they were at a fast-growing company where they can personally still make a huge difference.
At Meetup, some Meetuppers wish we had a toilet like the Googleplex.
Over and over, they hammer home that Googlers are cogs, that there isn’t much of a difference that they can make, that Google wants their employees to only interact with other Googlers and never leave the campus. To some extent, every point is true, but there are plenty of Googlers for whom life at Google is great, and at least some that are innovating and changing the world. Then again, if the sad truths are true for thousands of Googlers, is that just the way reality works, or is it a problem?
(via Valleywag)
So, meetup isn’t interested in being acquired by Google then…?
Comment by Huw Leslie | May 21, 2007