* Google pulling out of China and ending their censorship. [1] I was proud to work there when this happened.
* They also generally treat their employees quite well compared to say Amazon. They treated me (a long-time SWE) personally quite well over the years, with the obvious exception of the wage-fixing that the other companies also participated in. They also do relatively well for non-SWEs, including temps and contractors. Eg, I believe they're still paying all the food staff even when they haven't been preparing meals on the same scale for months, which is pretty extraordinary.
* Their internal privacy attitude and controls are a lot better than many external people believe.
* They have a $10,000/year match for charitable donations.
[1] https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-chin...