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Can you post a link? At least according to this link:

http://www.netapp.com/us/careers/your-career/benefits-new.as...

Google's actual US benefits are scattered, unfortunately, but:

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Google-RVW2...

NetApp offers a $3000 401k match, whereas Google does $8750 (50% of maximum) with no vesting.

NetApp gives you 25 days vacation a year after 10 years, 15 days after year 2, 20 on year 6. You get 25 days after your 5th year at Google, 20 on 4th year, start at 15.

NetApp offers $5250/year in tuition reimbursement. Google offers $13,000/year.

In addition to all of these, it's well known that Google provides donation match to a charity, gym reimbursement, heavily subsidized massages, sick days as needed.

If Google benefits are hype, I'd love to see data that shows where other companies beat them out.

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Glassdoor isn't a valid reference for anything (it's like a wikipedia page, except no one is trying to cite sources), and benefits are negotiable, including everything on that NetApp page.

Please don't misunderstand me, obviously Google is one of the better place to work these days. Their benefits are great, but it's not far and away best for every individual. Articles like this are marketing for Google.. grumble grumble link to pg's submarine article.

I posted that link only because it was one of many search results for "Google benefits" - I was a bit surprised to see that the benefits aren't posted anywhere on Google's jobs site, but the fact that they're negotiable probably is why.

Anyway, the benefits are confirmable if you just ask someone who works there - those are the baseline benefits everyone already gets just by signing an employment contract. While I don't doubt that this article is a plant, I was making a point that I am pretty sure their benefits are best in industry, and I haven't seen any evidence that there are any companies that there are, as you say, several places that are on par with Google across the board. In fact, when I've spoken with people, the number of companies in Silicon Valley that are even close (NetApp is certainly one of them) can be counted on one hand.

Can you provide facts to back up your statements ?

The Glassdoor article is consistent with my experience (except I think the 20 days of vacation starts on year 3, not year 4). Yes, benefits are in theory negotiable, but Google very, very rarely negotiates benefits - being a large corporation with a standardized offer process and a lot of bargaining power, they can usually get an applicant to take what they offer.

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