With its current size and growth who’d ever think that Google is so modest?

“If anybody got a Porsche or a Ferrari right now at Google, they’d probably be drummed out of the company,” observes John Battelle, an author and entrepreneur who has been following Silicon Valley companies for 20 years. He says, “Google has a brand image to maintain. And their image is they’re all about innovation and they’re all about the Internet, and they’re all about trust. They’re not about selling out. They’re not about getting rich quick. So you’ve got a culture like that; I think if anyone were to buy, you know, a new Mercedes convertible and drive around with the stereo blaring, and miss work a couple days because they’re rich now, that would not be acceptable behavior at Google.

From 60 Minutes Google Coverage via BoingBoing.

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