Awesome book. Definitely recommended reading for those "in charge," or those thinking of starting a business, or even those of us "peons." :)

Nice to recognize that I work for people who sort of think like this guy. We have to work within the framework of our own company, but I'm lucky!

3.5!

Reminder that I think I would really enjoy working in human capital if it offered the same career trajectory and had the organizational respect of other functions. Maybe it does at Google

Whew! That was an intense business read -- a lot of material to go through.

I found parts of this book very interesting and very useful. And certain sections to be more pragmatic than others and I really identified with them.

I think what you get out of this book is dependent on the obvious of why you are reading it in the first place (do you have a work-related agenda, or is it just interest). If it is the latter, you may find certain parts repetitive or just plain not useful. Also, it depends on your current work situation. I don't work for a traditional workplace, so while a lot of these things seemed great, they wouldn't work for a workplace structured like mine. However, a lot of the lessons and tools are universal or can be at least implemented in some form.

This was definitely an intimate look inside google, and even with the author's warning that this book will probably over-champion google, the fan-girling does grow exhausting. Incorporating more examples and comparisons with other companies could have alleviated some of this.

I would recommend to people looking for HR solutions or looking for better ways to improve their workplace, especially the interpersonal communications.

Easy read with great practical examples and inspiration for how to setup and improve people operations within any organization.

This feels like a plug for google but there are some good takeaways that can be applied by management.

Work Rules was a immensely fascinating look into a world few people have the privilege of seeing first hand. Even for the non-HR folks among us this is an interesting and highly informative book and culture and policy from a company said to be the best place to work dozens of times.

This book took me forever to read because there's so much fascinating content in it. My only complaint - most of these strategies are not scalable DOWN to a small-mid sized company. What works for 1,000 or 10,000 or 100,000 employees doesn't always make sense for 30.

Very interesting ideas.

I, as a Googler, was not the intended audience for this book