Android boss Andy Rubin is said to have shared his first bonus check with his team.
There's no denying the satisfaction that comes from a job well done. When that job well done results in a hefty bonus check? Well, that's even more satisfying. Still, it's often one person that gets all the credit for an entire team's work, and that's kind of a bummer. However, if Andy Rubin is your boss, you've got nothing to worry about -- he's more than happy to share the glory and the rewards.
The Wall Street Journal reports (via PC Mag) that Google's senior VP of mobile was allegedly awarded a massive bonus when the first Android smartphone shipped in 2008. However, instead of keeping that hefty chunk of change for himself, Rubin is said to have split it amongst 100 others on the Android team. According to the Journal, his generous gesture meant payouts of between $10,000 and $50,000 for employees on the Android team.
Rubin joined Google in 2005. Prior to that, he cofounded Danger Inc. (birthplace of the Sidekick) and acted as CEO before it was acquired by Google. After that, he founded Android, the company behind the now extremely successful Android OS. Google purchased Android in 2005, when the company was just 22-months-old. Google retained much of the Android staff, and Andy Rubin became Senior VP of Mobile.
wouldve been awesome to work under this dude at the time. Keeping employees happy makes them better
wouldve been awesome to work under this dude at the time. Keeping employees happy makes them better
That is because of the 'individualism' which prevails due to 'capitalist' system we live in. Very few people understand that they only need that much money to live at good living standard, I am sure people who work with him will not hesitate to limits to achieve what he wants them too.
But 100 people getting 10k-50k!? How much bonus does one guy need!
Obviously not short of cash himself and very generous to share it out.
Dang, Google's just buying up his companies. Wait, wasn't it Microsoft that acquired Danger?
A lot of stuff is socialism you dumbass. It's called living in modern civilization. If you don't like it then move to some libertarian paradise like Somalia.
Many people don't actually understand how the so called 'choice in health care' means. I sign a letter which pays millions to whatever insurance company happen to be I am dealing with it in a given time period and I know how they operate. I can quote an example from AIG, where one of their very senior person admitted that they deliberately deny even the legitimate cases simply because ...... they are told to maintain the bottom line at a certain level. I gave them boot for our next policy cycle; end of story.
can you restart the story with some english thrown in?
so are you a yahoo man or a bing! man? Also your logic is flawed, Rubin works at Google, Rubin did no evil, Google's motto still applies.
On the plus side you are slightly more intelligent than the socialist guy that posted earlier.
You do realize that for "Obamacare" to be truly considered socialist by any stretch of the imagination it would have had to change U.S. healthcare into a single-payer, government run system, which it didn't do by any means. Actually, it ended up giving more money to the private insurance companies. And I can see based on what you said and how you said it, that you just spout the same rhetoric that you hear, with not much independent thought. Do some independent research first before you just start spouting off news sound bites.
Now I primarily use Alta Vista (home page) and Duck Duck Go I have also noticed in the past year that Google search results appear to be lesser in quality. Maybe paid advertisers get their listings at the top ....who knows?
No my logic is not flawed, Mr Goth is a fairly new addition to Google and Mr Schmidt was caught as a Bilderberg meeting this past spring. Sorry but that is evil.
Rubin seems like the old guard who believed in "Do no evil", Mr Schmidt and Mr Wiggins do not.
Okay then, please explain how the "if you can't afford insurance, we'll buy it for you with tax dollars" clause is not socialism?
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Do some independent research first before you just start spouting off the White house PR spin.
Yeah, how DARE he make the distinction that charity at gunpoint is not charity at all?