When Google went public in August of 2004, Google co-founder Sergey Brin wrote a letter in the prospectus for potential investors:

“Our employees, who have named themselves Googlers, are everything… We have been lucky to recruit many creative, principled and hardworking stars. We hope to recruit many more in the future. We will reward and treat them well. We provide many unusual benefits for our employees, including meals free of charge, … continue reading